diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index a331677469bd75..0623e1c5a9dacf 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -4126,6 +4126,9 @@ Asynchronous stat(2). The callback gets two arguments `(err, stats)` where
 
 In case of an error, the `err.code` will be one of [Common System Errors][].
 
+[`fs.stat()`][] follows symbolic links. Use [`fs.lstat()`][] to look at the
+links themselves.
+
 Using `fs.stat()` to check for the existence of a file before calling
 `fs.open()`, `fs.readFile()`, or `fs.writeFile()` is not recommended.
 Instead, user code should open/read/write the file directly and handle the