diff --git a/doc/api/url.md b/doc/api/url.md
index 7a101f6706f36f..0fa8d475da3140 100644
--- a/doc/api/url.md
+++ b/doc/api/url.md
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ The legacy `urlObject` (`require('url').Url`) is created and returned by the
 #### urlObject.auth
 
 The `auth` property is the username and password portion of the URL, also
-referred to as "userinfo". This string subset follows the `protocol` and
+referred to as _userinfo_. This string subset follows the `protocol` and
 double slashes (if present) and precedes the `host` component, delimited by an
 ASCII "at sign" (`@`). The format of the string is `{username}[:{password}]`,
 with the `[:{password}]` portion being optional.