diff --git a/doc/api/async_hooks.md b/doc/api/async_hooks.md
index 1b408ba97b717c..a5571c30be575d 100644
--- a/doc/api/async_hooks.md
+++ b/doc/api/async_hooks.md
@@ -768,6 +768,7 @@ import { executionAsyncId } from 'node:async_hooks';
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 
 console.log(executionAsyncId());  // 1 - bootstrap
+const path = '.';
 fs.open(path, 'r', (err, fd) => {
   console.log(executionAsyncId());  // 6 - open()
 });
@@ -778,6 +779,7 @@ const async_hooks = require('node:async_hooks');
 const fs = require('node:fs');
 
 console.log(async_hooks.executionAsyncId());  // 1 - bootstrap
+const path = '.';
 fs.open(path, 'r', (err, fd) => {
   console.log(async_hooks.executionAsyncId());  // 6 - open()
 });