diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index 772d1dc8e4f9af..62c07160f1b356 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -1181,6 +1181,13 @@ possible exception are given to the completion callback.
 
 See also: chmod(2).
 
+```js
+fs.chmod('my_file.txt', 0o775, (err) => {
+  if (err) throw err;
+  console.log('The permissions for file "my_file.txt" have been changed!');
+});
+```
+
 ### File modes
 
 The `mode` argument used in both the `fs.chmod()` and `fs.chmodSync()`