diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index 111c6b4deaebbf..6cbcf150ec4120 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -4021,7 +4021,7 @@ added: v10.0.0
 * Returns: {Promise}
 
 Reads the contents of a directory then resolves the `Promise` with an array
-of the names of the files in the directory excludiing `'.'` and `'..'`.
+of the names of the files in the directory excluding `'.'` and `'..'`.
 
 The optional `options` argument can be a string specifying an encoding, or an
 object with an `encoding` property specifying the character encoding to use for