diff --git a/doc/api/process.md b/doc/api/process.md
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--- a/doc/api/process.md
+++ b/doc/api/process.md
@@ -1816,9 +1816,15 @@ than the current process.
 
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+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/43716
+    description: Only accepts a code of type number, or of type string if it
+                 represents an integer.
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-* {integer}
+* {integer|string|null|undefined} The exit code. For string type, only
+  integer strings (e.g.,'1') are allowed. **Default:** `undefined`.
 
 A number which will be the process exit code, when the process either
 exits gracefully, or is exited via [`process.exit()`][] without specifying