diff --git a/doc/api/process.md b/doc/api/process.md
index d4779e6a2f8c77..ff32225cc04c65 100644
--- a/doc/api/process.md
+++ b/doc/api/process.md
@@ -1182,9 +1182,7 @@ of the Node.js process measured in bytes.
 For example, the code:
 
 ```js
-const util = require('util');
-
-console.log(util.inspect(process.memoryUsage()));
+console.log(process.memoryUsage());
 ```
 
 Will generate: