diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index 4e5ff93e91e9a4..434b8dd577f2bd 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -4548,8 +4548,8 @@ added: v10.0.0
   file descriptor is closed, or will be rejected if an error occurs while
   closing.
 
-Closes the file handle. Will wait for any pending operation on the handle
-to complete before completing.
+Closes the file handle after waiting for any pending operation on the handle to
+complete.
 
 ```js
 const fsPromises = require('fs').promises;