diff --git a/doc/api/crypto.md b/doc/api/crypto.md
index e5b83eb4ff5dd0..470c8f6641839a 100644
--- a/doc/api/crypto.md
+++ b/doc/api/crypto.md
@@ -4139,7 +4139,9 @@ added: v17.4.0
 * `typedArray` {Buffer|TypedArray|DataView|ArrayBuffer}
 * Returns: {Buffer|TypedArray|DataView|ArrayBuffer} Returns `typedArray`.
 
-A convenient alias for [`crypto.webcrypto.getRandomValues()`][].
+A convenient alias for [`crypto.webcrypto.getRandomValues()`][]. This
+implementation is not compliant with the Web Crypto spec, to write
+web-compatible code use [`crypto.webcrypto.getRandomValues()`][] instead.
 
 ### `crypto.hkdf(digest, ikm, salt, info, keylen, callback)`
 
diff --git a/lib/crypto.js b/lib/crypto.js
index ac601a7664697d..a839f5fe27b029 100644
--- a/lib/crypto.js
+++ b/lib/crypto.js
@@ -252,6 +252,10 @@ function getFipsForced() {
   return 1;
 }
 
+function getRandomValues(array) {
+  return lazyWebCrypto().crypto.getRandomValues(array);
+}
+
 ObjectDefineProperty(constants, 'defaultCipherList', {
   value: getOptionValue('--tls-cipher-list')
 });
@@ -303,7 +307,7 @@ ObjectDefineProperties(module.exports, {
   getRandomValues: {
     configurable: false,
     enumerable: true,
-    get() { return lazyWebCrypto().crypto.getRandomValues; },
+    get: () => getRandomValues,
     set: undefined,
   },