diff --git a/doc/api/process.md b/doc/api/process.md
index a48879338b6015..e9d9ac543e1584 100644
--- a/doc/api/process.md
+++ b/doc/api/process.md
@@ -834,8 +834,8 @@ added: v0.1.27
 The `process.argv` property returns an array containing the command-line
 arguments passed when the Node.js process was launched. The first element will
 be [`process.execPath`][]. See `process.argv0` if access to the original value
-of `argv[0]` is needed. The second element will be the path to the JavaScript
-file being executed. The remaining elements will be any additional command-line
+of `argv[0]` is needed. If a [program entry point][] was provided, the second element
+will be the absolute path to it. The remaining elements are additional command-line
 arguments.
 
 For example, assuming the following script for `process-args.js`:
@@ -4594,6 +4594,7 @@ cases:
 [process.cpuUsage]: #processcpuusagepreviousvalue
 [process_emit_warning]: #processemitwarningwarning-type-code-ctor
 [process_warning]: #event-warning
+[program entry point]: https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#program-entry-point
 [report documentation]: report.md
 [terminal raw mode]: tty.md#readstreamsetrawmodemode
 [uv_get_available_memory]: https://docs.libuv.org/en/v1.x/misc.html#c.uv_get_available_memory