diff --git a/doc/api/buffer.md b/doc/api/buffer.md
index be5d49875ab471..0e25989c846253 100644
--- a/doc/api/buffer.md
+++ b/doc/api/buffer.md
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ function:
 Buffers can be iterated over using the ECMAScript 2015 (ES6) `for..of` syntax:
 
 ```js
-const buf = Buffer(.from[1, 2, 3]);
+const buf = Buffer.from([1, 2, 3]);
 
 for (var b of buf)
   console.log(b)