diff --git a/doc/api/cluster.markdown b/doc/api/cluster.markdown
index 63e1ba125cea0a..f5bbafd8100614 100644
--- a/doc/api/cluster.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/cluster.markdown
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ server in a worker.
 
 <!--type=misc-->
 
-The worker processes are spawned using the [`child_process.fork`][] method,
+The worker processes are spawned using the [`child_process.fork()`][] method,
 so that they can communicate with the parent via IPC and pass server
 handles back and forth.