diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/wasi/ext/fs.rs b/library/std/src/sys/wasi/ext/fs.rs
index 42adcd777dc63..a8da003d550ac 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/wasi/ext/fs.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/wasi/ext/fs.rs
@@ -502,6 +502,8 @@ pub fn rename<P: AsRef<Path>, U: AsRef<Path>>(
     )
 }
 
+/// Create a symbolic link.
+///
 /// This corresponds to the `path_symlink` syscall.
 pub fn symlink<P: AsRef<Path>, U: AsRef<Path>>(
     old_path: P,