diff --git a/doc/api/process.md b/doc/api/process.md
index 1c4825078eecef..7967354face764 100644
--- a/doc/api/process.md
+++ b/doc/api/process.md
@@ -768,9 +768,7 @@ Returns an object describing the memory usage of the Node.js process
 measured in bytes.
 
 ```js
-const util = require('util');
-
-console.log(util.inspect(process.memoryUsage()));
+console.log(process.memoryUsage());
 ```
 
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