diff --git a/doc/misc/npm-config.md b/doc/misc/npm-config.md
index b7f27d3ad9d5..e2f0a847a2cb 100644
--- a/doc/misc/npm-config.md
+++ b/doc/misc/npm-config.md
@@ -331,8 +331,8 @@ Install `dev-dependencies` along with packages.
 Indicates that you don't want npm to make any changes and that it should
 only report what it would have done.  This can be passed into any of the
 commands that modify your local installation, eg, `install`, `update`,
-`dedupe`, `uninstall`.  This is NOT currently honored by network related
-commands, eg `dist-tags`, `owner`, `publish`, etc.
+`dedupe`, `uninstall`.  This is NOT currently honored by some network related
+commands, eg `dist-tags`, `owner`, etc.
 
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