diff --git a/doc/api/esm.md b/doc/api/esm.md
index 2968e0385b3656..18efdb3c8b7ec1 100644
--- a/doc/api/esm.md
+++ b/doc/api/esm.md
@@ -1895,7 +1895,7 @@ 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!