diff --git a/doc/api/cluster.md b/doc/api/cluster.md
index aa2e9b4057e5fc..c5946ba8efb6c5 100644
--- a/doc/api/cluster.md
+++ b/doc/api/cluster.md
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ if (cluster.isPrimary) {
 ```cjs
 const cluster = require('node:cluster');
 const http = require('node:http');
+const numCPUs = require('node:os').availableParallelism();
 const process = require('node:process');
 
 if (cluster.isPrimary) {
@@ -335,7 +336,6 @@ if (cluster.isPrimary) {
   }
 
   // Start workers and listen for messages containing notifyRequest
-  const numCPUs = require('node:os').availableParallelism();
   for (let i = 0; i < numCPUs; i++) {
     cluster.fork();
   }