diff --git a/doc/api/packages.md b/doc/api/packages.md
index 0764f0f77029bb..13790dfde58dc8 100644
--- a/doc/api/packages.md
+++ b/doc/api/packages.md
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ use in Node.js but not the browser:
 ```
 
 Conditions continue to be matched in order as with flat conditions. If
-a nested conditional does not have any mapping it will continue checking
+a nested condition does not have any mapping it will continue checking
 the remaining conditions of the parent condition. In this way nested
 conditions behave analogously to nested JavaScript `if` statements.