From 93f574bdde192f96a6f220dff3bce6b838779507 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: carterbancroft <carter.bancroft@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 17:52:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] doc: update README to make node.js description clearer

Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/24872
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 README.md | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7b3f7b69742dfc..88a0fb0512841b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
   </a>
 </p>
 
-Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. For
-more information on using Node.js, see the [Node.js Website][].
+Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform, JavaScript runtime environment. It
+executes JavaScript code outside of a browser. For more information on using
+Node.js, see the [Node.js Website][].
 
 The Node.js project uses an [open governance model](./GOVERNANCE.md). The
 [OpenJS Foundation][] provides support for the project.