1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/cli/js/ops/fs/mkdir.ts b/cli/js/ops/fs/mkdir.ts
index 4df33a29f..0bd088def 100644
--- a/cli/js/ops/fs/mkdir.ts
+++ b/cli/js/ops/fs/mkdir.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2020 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 import { sendSync, sendAsync } from "../dispatch_json.ts";
 
+type MkdirArgs = { path: string; recursive: boolean; mode?: number };
+
 // TODO(ry) The complexity in argument parsing is to support deprecated forms of
 // mkdir and mkdirSync.
 function mkdirArgs(
   path: string,
   optionsOrRecursive?: MkdirOptions | boolean,
   mode?: number
-): { path: string; recursive: boolean; mode: number } {
-  const args = { path, recursive: false, mode: 0o777 };
+): MkdirArgs {
+  const args: MkdirArgs = { path, recursive: false };
   if (typeof optionsOrRecursive == "boolean") {
     args.recursive = optionsOrRecursive;
     if (mode) {
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ export interface MkdirOptions {
   recursive?: boolean;
   /** Permissions to use when creating the directory (defaults to `0o777`,
    * before the process's umask).
-   * Does nothing/raises on Windows. */
+   * Ignored on Windows. */
   mode?: number;
 }