diff --git a/doc/api/deprecations.md b/doc/api/deprecations.md
index 148b806434ca1e..ce43934a68ae06 100644
--- a/doc/api/deprecations.md
+++ b/doc/api/deprecations.md
@@ -2898,10 +2898,9 @@ changes:
 
 Type: Runtime
 
-The `process.config` property is intended to provide access to configuration
-settings set when the Node.js binary was compiled. However, the property has
-been mutable by user code making it impossible to rely on. The ability to
-change the value has been deprecated and will be disabled in the future.
+The `process.config` property provides access to Node.js compile-time settings.
+However, the property is mutable and therefore subject to tampering. The ability
+to change the value will be removed in a future version of Node.js.
 
 ### DEP0151: Main index lookup and extension searching