diff --git a/doc/api/buffer.markdown b/doc/api/buffer.markdown
index 3163aeac8ebc3d..51c2e67f05bc1d 100644
--- a/doc/api/buffer.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/buffer.markdown
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ const buf = new Buffer([1,-2,3,4]);
 buf.readInt16BE();
   // returns 510
 buf.readInt16LE(1);
-  // returns -511
+  // returns 1022
 ```
 
 ### buf.readInt32BE(offset[, noAssert])