diff --git a/doc/api/n-api.md b/doc/api/n-api.md
index c82ace15ed48b7..6084fab87a6709 100644
--- a/doc/api/n-api.md
+++ b/doc/api/n-api.md
@@ -3159,11 +3159,8 @@ required in order to enable correct proper of the reference.
 Afterward, additional manipulation of the wrapper's prototype chain may cause
 `napi_unwrap()` to fail.
 
-*Note*: Calling `napi_wrap()` a second time on an object that already has a
-native instance associated with it by virtue of a previous call to
-`napi_wrap()` will cause an error to be returned. If you wish to associate
-another native instance with the given object, call `napi_remove_wrap()` on it
-first.
+Calling napi_wrap() a second time on an object will return an error. To associate
+another native instance with the object, use napi_remove_wrap() first.
 
 ### napi_unwrap
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