diff --git a/doc/api/modules.md b/doc/api/modules.md
index 9919a675169..add37abf2ad 100644
--- a/doc/api/modules.md
+++ b/doc/api/modules.md
@@ -200,10 +200,11 @@ Modules are cached after the first time they are loaded. This means
 (among other things) that every call to `require('foo')` will get
 exactly the same object returned, if it would resolve to the same file.
 
-Multiple calls to `require('foo')` may not cause the module code to be
-executed multiple times.  This is an important feature. With it,
-"partially done" objects can be returned, thus allowing transitive
-dependencies to be loaded even when they would cause cycles.
+Provided `require.cache` is not modified, multiple calls to
+`require('foo')` will not cause the module code to be executed multiple times.
+This is an important feature. With it, "partially done" objects can be returned,
+thus allowing transitive dependencies to be loaded even when they would cause
+cycles.
 
 To have a module execute code multiple times, export a function, and call
 that function.