From fbd18be459ffd183a43ccd9c7a801c6e404bb1d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 12:30:44 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] doc: provide more guidance about process.version

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/34909
Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Trivikram Kamat <trivikr.dev@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
---
 doc/api/process.md | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/api/process.md b/doc/api/process.md
index b2743104feebed..0b51ef501f61bc 100644
--- a/doc/api/process.md
+++ b/doc/api/process.md
@@ -2476,13 +2476,16 @@ added: v0.1.3
 
 * {string}
 
-The `process.version` property returns the Node.js version string in the form of
-`v<major>.<minor>.<patch>`.
+The `process.version` property contains the Node.js version string.
 
 ```js
 console.log(`Version: ${process.version}`);
+// Version: v14.8.0
 ```
 
+To get the version string without the prepended _v_, use
+`process.versions.node`.
+
 ## `process.versions`
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.2.0