diff --git a/doc/api/globals.markdown b/doc/api/globals.markdown
index 643ab4334b..c699b2e9d7 100644
--- a/doc/api/globals.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/globals.markdown
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ For instance, given two modules: `a` and `b`, where `b` is a dependency of
 
 References to `__dirname` within `b.js` will return
 `/Users/mjr/app/node_modules/b` while references to `__dirname` within `a.js`
-will return `/Users/mj/app`.
+will return `/Users/mjr/app`.
 
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