diff --git a/doc/api/repl.md b/doc/api/repl.md
index b94c618c831a2f..10536aeb0e103a 100644
--- a/doc/api/repl.md
+++ b/doc/api/repl.md
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ forwards.
Duplicated history entires will be skipped.
-Entries are accepted as soon as any button is pressed that doesn't correspond
+Entries are accepted as soon as any key is pressed that doesn't correspond
with the reverse search. Cancelling is possible by pressing Esc or
Ctrl+C.
@@ -287,10 +287,9 @@ repl.start({ prompt: '> ', eval: myEval });
#### Recoverable errors
-As a user is typing input into the REPL prompt, pressing **Enter** will
-send the current line of input to the `eval` function. In order to support
-multi-line input, the eval function can return an instance of `repl.Recoverable`
-to the provided callback function:
+At the REPL prompt, pressing Enter sends the current line of input to
+the `eval` function. In order to support multi-line input, the `eval` function
+can return an instance of `repl.Recoverable` to the provided callback function:
```js
function myEval(cmd, context, filename, callback) {