From 6d443083e8b2057cca0b52e58cd332fc030aa87a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: carterbancroft <carter.bancroft@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 17:52:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] doc: update README to make Node.js description clearer

Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/24872

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/31266
Reviewed-By: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
---
 README.md | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 147ff6db6434cd..6100568c1dce83 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
   </a>
 </p>
 
-Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. For
-more information on using Node.js, see the [Node.js Website][].
+Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform, JavaScript runtime environment. It
+executes JavaScript code outside of a browser. For more information on using
+Node.js, see the [Node.js Website][].
 
 The Node.js project uses an [open governance model](./GOVERNANCE.md). The
 [OpenJS Foundation][] provides support for the project.