diff --git a/doc/api/child_process.md b/doc/api/child_process.md
index 6b092a83018d3c..72d25b173719a7 100644
--- a/doc/api/child_process.md
+++ b/doc/api/child_process.md
@@ -1211,6 +1211,10 @@ may not actually terminate the process.
 
 See kill(2) for reference.
 
+On Windows, the child process is forcefully terminated because
+`SIGKILL` and `SIGTERM` signals are not available.
+See [Signal Events][] for more details.
+
 On Linux, child processes of child processes will not be terminated
 when attempting to kill their parent. This is likely to happen when running a
 new process in a shell or with the use of the `shell` option of `ChildProcess`:
@@ -1673,6 +1677,7 @@ or [`child_process.fork()`][].
 [Default Windows shell]: #child_process_default_windows_shell
 [HTML structured clone algorithm]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API/Structured_clone_algorithm
 [Shell requirements]: #child_process_shell_requirements
+[Signal Events]: process.md#process_signal_events
 [`'disconnect'`]: process.md#process_event_disconnect
 [`'error'`]: #child_process_event_error
 [`'exit'`]: #child_process_event_exit