diff --git a/doc/api/child_process.md b/doc/api/child_process.md
index a5579451a7325c..108efb91cef7cd 100644
--- a/doc/api/child_process.md
+++ b/doc/api/child_process.md
@@ -741,8 +741,8 @@ If the child process intercepts and handles the `SIGTERM` signal and
 does not exit, the parent process will still wait until the child process has
 exited.
 
-If the process times out or has a non-zero exit code, this method ***will***
-throw an [`Error`][] that will include the full result of the underlying
+If the process times out or has a non-zero exit code, this method will throw an
+[`Error`][] that will include the full result of the underlying
 [`child_process.spawnSync()`][].
 
 **If the `shell` option is enabled, do not pass unsanitized user input to this
@@ -802,8 +802,8 @@ completely exited. *Note that if the child process intercepts and handles the
 `SIGTERM` signal and doesn't exit, the parent process will wait until the child
 process has exited.*
 
-If the process times out or has a non-zero exit code, this method ***will***
-throw. The [`Error`][] object will contain the entire result from
+If the process times out or has a non-zero exit code, this method will throw.
+The [`Error`][] object will contain the entire result from
 [`child_process.spawnSync()`][].
 
 **Never pass unsanitized user input to this function. Any input containing shell