diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 5540af4bac..2b61406818 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ export type CommonOptions<EncodingType> = {
 	/**
 	You can abort the spawned process using [`AbortController`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortController).
 
-	When `AbortController.abort()` is called, [`.isCanceled`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa#iscanceled) becomes `false`.
+	When `AbortController.abort()` is called, [`.isCanceled`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa#iscanceled) becomes `true`.
 
 	@example
 	```
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 48f5701ecc..7d8b15d61c 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ Type: [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSign
 
 You can abort the spawned process using [`AbortController`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortController).
 
-When `AbortController.abort()` is called, [`.isCanceled`](#iscanceled) becomes `false`.
+When `AbortController.abort()` is called, [`.isCanceled`](#iscanceled) becomes `true`.
 
 #### windowsVerbatimArguments