diff --git a/doc/api/esm.md b/doc/api/esm.md
index b6b6bcc8088221..cd9b932b5c8d72 100644
--- a/doc/api/esm.md
+++ b/doc/api/esm.md
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ _internal_, _conditions_)
 >    1. Set _scopeURL_ to the parent URL of _scopeURL_.
 >    2. If _scopeURL_ ends in a _"node\_modules"_ path segment, return **null**.
 >    3. Let _pjsonURL_ be the resolution of _"package.json"_ within
->       _packageURL_.
+>       _scopeURL_.
 >    4. if the file at _pjsonURL_ exists, then
 >       1. Return _scopeURL_.
 > 3. Return **null**.