diff --git a/doc/api/child_process.markdown b/doc/api/child_process.markdown
index d6791ac07bb033..322add74f46b81 100644
--- a/doc/api/child_process.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/child_process.markdown
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ Child processes always have three streams associated with them. `child.stdin`,
 streams of the parent process, or they may be separate stream objects
 which can be piped to and from.
 
-The ChildProcess class is not intended to be used directly.  Use the
-[`spawn()`][], [`exec()`][], [`execFile()`][], or [`fork()`][] methods to create a Child
-Process instance.
+The `ChildProcess` class is not intended to be used directly.  Use the
+[`spawn()`][], [`exec()`][], [`execFile()`][], or [`fork()`][] methods to create
+an instance of `ChildProcess`.
 
 ### Event: 'close'