diff --git a/doc/api/process.md b/doc/api/process.md
index f158a1bc8efa14..4739ffb27ad588 100644
--- a/doc/api/process.md
+++ b/doc/api/process.md
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ must call `process.stdin.resume()` to read from it. Note also that calling
 * {Stream}
 
 The `process.stdout` property returns a [Writable][] stream connected to
-`stdout` (fd `2`).
+`stdout` (fd `1`).
 
 For example, to copy process.stdin to process.stdout: