diff --git a/doc/api/esm.md b/doc/api/esm.md
index 8d1980a4e0c6ad..7277efe2520fe4 100644
--- a/doc/api/esm.md
+++ b/doc/api/esm.md
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ import { readFile } from 'fs/promises';
 const json = JSON.parse(await readFile(new URL('./dat.json', import.meta.url)));
 ```
 
-Alterantively `module.createRequire()` can be used.
+Alternatively `module.createRequire()` can be used.
 
 #### No Native Module Loading