diff --git a/doc/api/child_process.md b/doc/api/child_process.md
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--- a/doc/api/child_process.md
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@@ -674,9 +674,9 @@ See also: [`child_process.exec()`][] and [`child_process.fork()`][].
 ## Synchronous Process Creation
 
 The [`child_process.spawnSync()`][], [`child_process.execSync()`][], and
-[`child_process.execFileSync()`][] methods are **synchronous** and **will**
-block the Node.js event loop, pausing execution of any additional code until the
-spawned process exits.
+[`child_process.execFileSync()`][] methods are synchronous and will block the
+Node.js event loop, pausing execution of any additional code until the spawned
+process exits.
 
 Blocking calls like these are mostly useful for simplifying general-purpose
 scripting tasks and for simplifying the loading/processing of application