diff --git a/doc/api/addons.md b/doc/api/addons.md
index 3dacf88064b858..150805e25a9298 100644
--- a/doc/api/addons.md
+++ b/doc/api/addons.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Addons
 
-Node.js Addons are dynamically-linked shared objects, written in C or C++, that
+Node.js Addons are dynamically-linked shared objects, written in C++, that
 can be loaded into Node.js using the [`require()`][require] function, and used
 just as if they were an ordinary Node.js module. They are used primarily to
-provide an interface between JavaScript running in Node.js and C/C++ libraries.
+provide an interface between JavaScript running in Node.js and C++ libraries.
 
 At the moment, the method for implementing Addons is rather complicated,
 involving knowledge of several components and APIs :
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ involving knowledge of several components and APIs :
    off-loading work via libuv to non-blocking system operations, worker threads
    or a custom use of libuv's threads.
 
- - Internal Node.js libraries. Node.js itself exports a number of C/C++ APIs
+ - Internal Node.js libraries. Node.js itself exports a number of C++ APIs
    that Addons can use — the most important of which is the
    `node::ObjectWrap` class.