diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index 5e6ebae8dc5b8c..e59fc668dc3d7e 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ added: v0.1.21
 * `path` {string|Buffer}
 
 Synchronous version of [`fs.exists()`][].
-Returns `true` if the file exists, `false` otherwise.
+Returns `true` if the path exists, `false` otherwise.
 
 Note that `fs.exists()` is deprecated, but `fs.existsSync()` is not.
 (The `callback` parameter to `fs.exists()` accepts parameters that are