diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 5ca6e86fef1..bb8f01fec17 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -59,11 +59,12 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
 
 	grunt.registerTask('validate:docs', 'Validates the docs.', function () {
 		const done = this.async();
-		const fork = require('child_process').fork, // eslint-disable-line security/detect-child-process
+		const spawn = require('child_process').spawn, // eslint-disable-line security/detect-child-process
 			path = require('path'),
-			apidoc = path.join(__dirname, 'apidoc');
+			apidoc = path.join(__dirname, 'apidoc'),
+			cmd = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'tdoc-validate.cmd' : 'tdoc-validate';
 
-		const validate = fork(path.join(__dirname, 'node_modules', '.bin', 'tdoc-validate'), [ apidoc ], { silent: true });
+		const validate = spawn(path.join(__dirname, 'node_modules', '.bin', cmd), [ apidoc ], { silent: true });
 		let output = '';
 
 		validate.stderr.on('data', function (data) {
diff --git a/build/lib/docs.js b/build/lib/docs.js
index 1cfad9f779a..61a460ded02 100644
--- a/build/lib/docs.js
+++ b/build/lib/docs.js
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ class Documentation {
 	}
 
 	async generateReport(format, filename) {
-		const args = [ path.join(ROOT_DIR, 'node_modules', '.bin', 'docgen'), '-f', format, '-o', this.outputDir + path.sep, DOC_DIR ];
+		const cmd = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'docgen.cmd' : 'docgen';
+		const cmdPath = path.join(ROOT_DIR, 'node_modules', '.bin', cmd);
+		const args = [ '-f', format, '-o', this.outputDir + path.sep, DOC_DIR ];
 		if (this.hasWindows && format !== 'typescript') {
 			args.push([
 				'-a', path.join(ROOT_DIR, 'windows/doc/Titanium'),
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ class Documentation {
 		const outputFile = path.join(this.outputDir, filename);
 
 		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-			const prc = spawn('node', args, { cwd: DOC_DIR });
+			const prc = spawn(cmdPath, args, { cwd: DOC_DIR });
 			prc.stdout.on('data', data => console.log(data.toString().trim()));
 			prc.stderr.on('data', data => console.error(data.toString().trim()));
 			prc.on('close', code => {