diff --git a/doc/api/process.md b/doc/api/process.md
index af09227fc721ff..b8ac8a8da6dde9 100644
--- a/doc/api/process.md
+++ b/doc/api/process.md
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ See the [Event Loop][] guide for more background.
 
 Unlike `process.nextTick`, `process.deferTick()` will run after the "next tick
 queue" and the microtask queue has been fully drained as to avoid Zalgo when
-combinding traditional node asynchronous code with Promises.
+combining traditional node asynchronous code with Promises.
 
 Consider the following example: