diff --git a/doc/api/esm.md b/doc/api/esm.md
index 7f7a287229ea34..d9bff4fcff37c8 100644
--- a/doc/api/esm.md
+++ b/doc/api/esm.md
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ added: REPLACEME
   file's absolute path with symlinks resolved. This is the same as the
   [`url.fileURLToPath()`][] of the [`import.meta.url`][].
 
-> **Caveat** only local modules support this property. Network modules will
+> **Caveat** only local modules support this property. Modules not using the `file:` protocol will
 > not provide it.
 
 ### `import.meta.url`