diff --git a/doc/api/child_process.md b/doc/api/child_process.md
index 5a0f46596395c1..127a1bd5317ee6 100644
--- a/doc/api/child_process.md
+++ b/doc/api/child_process.md
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ changes:
 * `command` {string} The command to run, with space-separated arguments.
 * `options` {Object}
   * `cwd` {string} Current working directory of the child process.
-    **Default:** `null`.
+    **Default:** `process.cwd()`.
   * `env` {Object} Environment key-value pairs. **Default:** `process.env`.
   * `encoding` {string} **Default:** `'utf8'`
   * `shell` {string} Shell to execute the command with. See