diff --git a/doc/contributing/maintaining-types-for-nodejs.md b/doc/contributing/maintaining-types-for-nodejs.md
index d6b47e2a1caab8..2b45e9193456c8 100644
--- a/doc/contributing/maintaining-types-for-nodejs.md
+++ b/doc/contributing/maintaining-types-for-nodejs.md
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ There are a number of ways that types could be maintained for Node.js ranging
 from shipping them with the Node.js runtime to having them be externally
 maintained.
 
-The different options were discussed as part of the
+The different options were discussed as part of the [next-10][] effort and it
+was agreed that maintaining them externally is the best approach.
 [next-10][]
 effort and it was agreed that maintaining them externally is the best approach.
 Some of the advantages to this approach include: