diff --git a/doc/api/process.md b/doc/api/process.md
index 4d238a3d7eb900..d75d935834be6c 100644
--- a/doc/api/process.md
+++ b/doc/api/process.md
@@ -763,8 +763,8 @@ and [Cluster][] documentation), the `process.disconnect()` method will close the
 IPC channel to the parent process, allowing the child process to exit gracefully
 once there are no other connections keeping it alive.
 
-The effect of calling `process.disconnect()` is that same as calling the parent
-process's [`ChildProcess.disconnect()`][].
+The effect of calling `process.disconnect()` is the same as calling
+[`ChildProcess.disconnect()`][] from the parent process.
 
 If the Node.js process was not spawned with an IPC channel,
 `process.disconnect()` will be `undefined`.