diff --git a/doc/api/stream.md b/doc/api/stream.md
index 6ee016466206d8..ef47a93252f653 100644
--- a/doc/api/stream.md
+++ b/doc/api/stream.md
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ available data. In the latter case, [`stream.read()`][stream-read] will return
 const fs = require('fs');
 const rr = fs.createReadStream('foo.txt');
 rr.on('readable', () => {
-  console.log('readable:', rr.read());
+  console.log(`readable: ${rr.read()}`);
 });
 rr.on('end', () => {
   console.log('end');