diff --git a/doc/api/modules.md b/doc/api/modules.md
index f9f311d241ce92..8ca81cbda2f42f 100644
--- a/doc/api/modules.md
+++ b/doc/api/modules.md
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@
 
 <!--name=module-->
 
-Node.js has a simple module loading system.  In Node.js, files and modules
-are in one-to-one correspondence (each file is treated as a separate module).
-
-As an example, consider a file named `foo.js`:
+In the Node.js module system, each file is treated as a separate module. For
+example, consider a file named `foo.js`:
 
 ```js
 const circle = require('./circle.js');