diff --git a/doc/api/esm.md b/doc/api/esm.md
index 583f98c7a52699..c9cc4e88c7c2bb 100644
--- a/doc/api/esm.md
+++ b/doc/api/esm.md
@@ -1808,7 +1808,7 @@ requires the full path to a module be provided to the loader. To enable the
 automatic extension resolution and importing from directories that include an
 index file use the `node` mode.
 
-```bash
+```console
 $ node index.mjs
 success!
 $ node index # Failure!