diff --git a/doc/api/util.md b/doc/api/util.md
index 186079f26bd106..52e9e41639e0ca 100644
--- a/doc/api/util.md
+++ b/doc/api/util.md
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ const uint8array = encoder.encode('this is some data');
 UTF-8 encodes the `input` string and returns a `Uint8Array` containing the
 encoded bytes.
 
-### textDecoder.encoding
+### textEncoder.encoding
 
 * {string}