diff --git a/doc/api/n-api.md b/doc/api/n-api.md
index 0c8540737b7619..cc6b33d52213c1 100644
--- a/doc/api/n-api.md
+++ b/doc/api/n-api.md
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ available to the module code.
 
 N-API versions are additive and versioned independently from Node.js.
 Version 4 is an extension to version 3 in that it has all of the APIs
-from version 3 with some additions. This means that you
-do not need to recompile for new versions of Node.js which are
+from version 3 with some additions. This means that it is not necessary
+to recompile for new versions of Node.js which are
 listed as supporting a later version.
 
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