update: doc/api/child_process.md

Co-authored-by: Rich Trott <[email protected]>
nodejs · Feb 1, 2021 · 61f86f3 · 61f86f3
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-* {integer}
+* {integer|undefined}
 
 Returns the process identifier (PID) of the child process. If the child process
-fails to spawn due to errors like command or `cwd` not found (`ENOENT`), then
-the value is `undefined` and `error` should emit on next tick.
+fails to spawn due to errors, then the value is `undefined` and `error` is
+emitted.
 
 ```js
 const { spawn } = require('child_process');