diff --git a/doc/api/http.md b/doc/api/http.md
index a9441a44bb9794..ebc00fdf3a832b 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.md
+++ b/doc/api/http.md
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ This method signals to the server that all of the response headers and body
 have been sent; that server should consider this message complete.
 The method, `response.end()`, MUST be called on each response.
 
-If `data` is specified, it is equivalent to calling
+If `data` is specified, it is similar in effect to calling
 [`response.write(data, encoding)`][] followed by `response.end(callback)`.
 
 If `callback` is specified, it will be called when the response stream