diff --git a/doc/api/path.md b/doc/api/path.md
index fd07cd6802..d977173596 100644
--- a/doc/api/path.md
+++ b/doc/api/path.md
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ path.parse('/home/user/dir/file.txt')
 │ root │              │ name │ ext │
 "  /    home/user/dir / file  .txt "
 └──────┴──────────────┴──────┴─────┘
-(all spaces in the "" line should be ignored -- they're purely for formatting)
+(all spaces in the "" line should be ignored -- they are purely for formatting)
 ```
 
 On Windows:
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ path.parse('C:\\path\\dir\\file.txt')
 │ root │              │ name │ ext │
 " C:\      path\dir   \ file  .txt "
 └──────┴──────────────┴──────┴─────┘
-(all spaces in the "" line should be ignored -- they're purely for formatting)
+(all spaces in the "" line should be ignored -- they are purely for formatting)
 ```
 
 A [`TypeError`][] is thrown if `path` is not a string.