diff --git a/doc/api/buffer.md b/doc/api/buffer.md
index 99c9c79d71d74d..314ead2b3e4ec6 100644
--- a/doc/api/buffer.md
+++ b/doc/api/buffer.md
@@ -5,15 +5,14 @@
 
 > Stability: 2 - Stable
 
-Prior to the introduction of [`TypedArray`] in [`ECMAScript 2015`] (ES6), the
-JavaScript language had no mechanism for reading or manipulating streams
-of binary data. The `Buffer` class was introduced as part of the Node.js
-API to make it possible to interact with octet streams in the context of things
-like TCP streams and file system operations.
+Prior to the introduction of [`TypedArray`], the JavaScript language had no
+mechanism for reading or manipulating streams of binary data. The `Buffer` class
+was introduced as part of the Node.js API to make it possible to interact with
+octet streams in the context of things like TCP streams and file system
+operations.
 
-Now that [`TypedArray`] has been added in ES6, the `Buffer` class implements the
-[`Uint8Array`] API in a manner that is more optimized and suitable for Node.js'
-use cases.
+With [`TypedArray`] now available, the `Buffer` class implements the
+[`Uint8Array`] API in a manner that is more optimized and suitable for Node.js.
 
 Instances of the `Buffer` class are similar to arrays of integers but
 correspond to fixed-sized, raw memory allocations outside the V8 heap.
@@ -207,11 +206,10 @@ changes:
 -->
 
 `Buffer` instances are also [`Uint8Array`] instances. However, there are subtle
-incompatibilities with the TypedArray specification in [`ECMAScript 2015`].
-For example, while [`ArrayBuffer#slice()`] creates a copy of the slice, the
-implementation of [`Buffer#slice()`][`buf.slice()`] creates a view over the
-existing `Buffer` without copying, making [`Buffer#slice()`][`buf.slice()`] far
-more efficient.
+incompatibilities with [`TypedArray`]. For example, while
+[`ArrayBuffer#slice()`] creates a copy of the slice, the implementation of
+[`Buffer#slice()`][`buf.slice()`] creates a view over the existing `Buffer`
+without copying, making [`Buffer#slice()`][`buf.slice()`] far more efficient.
 
 It is also possible to create new [`TypedArray`] instances from a `Buffer` with
 the following caveats:
@@ -278,10 +276,9 @@ function:
 * [`Buffer.from(arrayBuffer[, byteOffset [, length]])`][`Buffer.from(arrayBuffer)`]
 * [`Buffer.from(string[, encoding])`][`Buffer.from(string)`]
 
-## Buffers and ES6 iteration
+## Buffers and iteration
 
-`Buffer` instances can be iterated over using the [`ECMAScript 2015`] (ES6) `for..of`
-syntax.
+`Buffer` instances can be iterated over using `for..of` syntax:
 
 ```js
 const buf = Buffer.from([1, 2, 3]);
@@ -2592,5 +2589,4 @@ This value may depend on the JS engine that is being used.
 [RFC1345]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1345
 [RFC4648, Section 5]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4648#section-5
 [WHATWG Encoding Standard]: https://encoding.spec.whatwg.org/
-[`ECMAScript 2015`]: https://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/6.0/index.html
 [iterator]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Iteration_protocols