diff --git a/doc/api/typescript.md b/doc/api/typescript.md
index 282fac1b2bb0cb..158a55ea1216eb 100644
--- a/doc/api/typescript.md
+++ b/doc/api/typescript.md
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@ are enabled by default.
 ### Type stripping in dependencies
 
 To discourage package authors from publishing packages written in TypeScript,
-Node.js will by default refuse to handle TypeScript files inside folders under
-a `node_modules` path.
+Node.js refuses to handle TypeScript files inside folders under a `node_modules`
+path.
 
 ### Paths aliases