diff --git a/lib/internal/child_process.js b/lib/internal/child_process.js
index 8a57c40d76f823..c9f810b1500e2b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/child_process.js
+++ b/lib/internal/child_process.js
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ function setupChannel(target, channel, serializationMode) {
     // Non-serializable messages should not reach the remote
     // end point; as any failure in the stringification there
     // will result in error message that is weakly consumable.
-    // So perform a sanity check on message prior to sending.
+    // So perform a final check on message prior to sending.
     if (typeof message !== 'string' &&
         typeof message !== 'object' &&
         typeof message !== 'number' &&