diff --git a/doc/api/util.md b/doc/api/util.md
index 43f26e934d88e6..9b76e5adb1123e 100644
--- a/doc/api/util.md
+++ b/doc/api/util.md
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ but may return a value of any type that will be formatted accordingly by
 const util = require('util');
 
 const obj = { foo: 'this will not show up in the inspect() output' };
-obj[util.inspect.custom] = function(depth) {
+obj[util.inspect.custom] = (depth) => {
   return { bar: 'baz' };
 };
 
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ function doSomething(foo, callback) {
   // ...
 }
 
-doSomething[util.promisify.custom] = function(foo) {
+doSomething[util.promisify.custom] = (foo) => {
   return getPromiseSomehow();
 };
 
@@ -564,8 +564,8 @@ standard format of taking an error-first callback as the last argument.
 For example, with a function that takes in `(foo, onSuccessCallback, onErrorCallback)`:
 
 ```js
-doSomething[util.promisify.custom] = function(foo) {
-  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
+doSomething[util.promisify.custom] = (foo) => {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     doSomething(foo, resolve, reject);
   });
 };