diff --git a/doc/api/timers.md b/doc/api/timers.md
index d698aa9defd..e356d2d672d 100644
--- a/doc/api/timers.md
+++ b/doc/api/timers.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ This object is created internally and is returned from [`setTimeout()`][] and
 [`setInterval()`][]. It can be passed to [`clearTimeout`][] or
 [`clearInterval()`][] (respectively) in order to cancel the scheduled actions.
 
-By default, when a timer is scheduled using either [`setTimeout`] or
+By default, when a timer is scheduled using either [`setTimeout()`][] or
 [`setInterval()`][], the Node.js event loop will continue running as long as the
 timer is active. Each of the `Timeout` objects returned by these functions
 export both `timeout.ref()` and `timeout.unref()` functions that can be used to