diff --git a/doc/api/buffer.md b/doc/api/buffer.md
index ec500ceb96776b..42641f4b7ecd25 100644
--- a/doc/api/buffer.md
+++ b/doc/api/buffer.md
@@ -461,8 +461,8 @@ changes:
 * `string` {string} String to encode.
 * `encoding` {string} The encoding of `string`. **Default:** `'utf8'`
 
-Creates a new `Buffer` containing `string`. If provided, the `encoding`
-parameter identifies the character encoding of `string`.
+Creates a new `Buffer` containing `string`. The `encoding` parameter identifies
+the character encoding of `string`.
 
 ```js
 const buf1 = new Buffer('this is a tést');
@@ -847,8 +847,8 @@ added: v5.10.0
 * `string` {string} A string to encode.
 * `encoding` {string} The encoding of `string`. **Default:** `'utf8'`
 
-Creates a new `Buffer` containing `string`. If provided, the `encoding`
-parameter identifies the character encoding of `string`.
+Creates a new `Buffer` containing `string`. The `encoding` parameter identifies
+the character encoding of `string`.
 
 ```js
 const buf1 = Buffer.from('this is a tést');