diff --git a/doc/api/net.md b/doc/api/net.md
index 1b495da81c3f56..07c88cc88520af 100644
--- a/doc/api/net.md
+++ b/doc/api/net.md
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ The number of concurrent connections on the server.
 
 This becomes `null` when sending a socket to a child with
 [`child_process.fork()`][]. To poll forks and get current number of active
-connections use asynchronous [`server.getConnections()`][] instead.
+connections, use asynchronous [`server.getConnections()`][] instead.
 
 ### server.getConnections(callback)
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