diff --git a/doc/api/modules.md b/doc/api/modules.md
index c7d9d4b59c7726..acab51a5f34de9 100644
--- a/doc/api/modules.md
+++ b/doc/api/modules.md
@@ -491,8 +491,8 @@ added: v0.0.1
 
 * {string}
 
-The file name of the current module. This is the resolved absolute path of the
-current module file.
+The file name of the current module. This is the current module file's absolute
+path with symlinks resolved.
 
 For a main program this is not necessarily the same as the file name used in the
 command line.