diff --git a/doc/api/buffer.markdown b/doc/api/buffer.markdown
index dfa8ba3d8d8941..a2462e1bc4cb2f 100644
--- a/doc/api/buffer.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/buffer.markdown
@@ -1067,8 +1067,10 @@ const buf = Buffer.from([1,-2,3,4]);
 
 buf.readInt32BE();
   // returns 33424132
-buf.readInt32LE(1);
+buf.readInt32LE();
   // returns 67370497
+buf.readInt32LE(1);
+  // throws RangeError: Index out of range
 ```
 
 ### buf.readIntBE(offset, byteLength[, noAssert])