diff --git a/doc/api/process.md b/doc/api/process.md
index 0c2f61d16e46de..778abbb903417d 100644
--- a/doc/api/process.md
+++ b/doc/api/process.md
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ added: v10.7.0
 * Returns: {bigint}
 
 The `bigint` version of the [`process.hrtime()`][] method returning the
-current high-resolution real time in a `bigint`.
+current high-resolution real time in nanoseconds as a `bigint`.
 
 Unlike [`process.hrtime()`][], it does not support an additional `time`
 argument since the difference can just be computed directly