diff --git a/doc/api/buffer.md b/doc/api/buffer.md
index 5dbb15e8c4..ae0182aea5 100644
--- a/doc/api/buffer.md
+++ b/doc/api/buffer.md
@@ -2306,6 +2306,9 @@ added: v3.0.0
 On 32-bit architectures, this value is `(2^30)-1` (~1GB).
 On 64-bit architectures, this value is `(2^31)-1` (~2GB).
 
+Note that this is a property on the `buffer` module as returned by
+`require('buffer')`, not on the `Buffer` global or a `Buffer` instance.
+
 ## buffer.transcode(source, fromEnc, toEnc)
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 added: v7.1.0
@@ -2333,6 +2336,9 @@ console.log(newBuf.toString('ascii'));
 Because the Euro (`€`) sign is not representable in US-ASCII, it is replaced
 with `?` in the transcoded `Buffer`.
 
+Note that this is a property on the `buffer` module as returned by
+`require('buffer')`, not on the `Buffer` global or a `Buffer` instance.
+
 ## Class: SlowBuffer
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 deprecated: v6.0.0