diff --git a/doc/api/test.md b/doc/api/test.md
index 76af255285b81b..be5b9baeeb9fbe 100644
--- a/doc/api/test.md
+++ b/doc/api/test.md
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ before each subtest of the current suite.
 
 ```js
 describe('tests', async () => {
-  beforeEach(() => t.diagnostic('about to run a test'));
+  beforeEach(() => console.log('about to run a test'));
   it('is a subtest', () => {
     assert.ok('some relevant assertion here');
   });
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ after each subtest of the current test.
 
 ```js
 describe('tests', async () => {
-  afterEach(() => t.diagnostic('about to run a test'));
+  afterEach(() => console.log('finished running a test'));
   it('is a subtest', () => {
     assert.ok('some relevant assertion here');
   });