diff --git a/lib/child_process.js b/lib/child_process.js
index 28ba4e482e0f74..755cd617b74d36 100644
--- a/lib/child_process.js
+++ b/lib/child_process.js
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ const MAX_BUFFER = 1024 * 1024;
  * @param {{
  *   cwd?: string;
  *   detached?: boolean;
- *   env?: object<string, string>;
+ *   env?: Record<string, string>;
  *   execPath?: string;
  *   execArgv?: string[];
  *   gid?: number;