diff --git a/doc/api/tls.md b/doc/api/tls.md
index 11ed3260527585..50cce2c83c96f6 100644
--- a/doc/api/tls.md
+++ b/doc/api/tls.md
@@ -1472,8 +1472,8 @@ Verifies the certificate `cert` is issued to `hostname`.
 Returns {Error} object, populating it with `reason`, `host`, and `cert` on
 failure. On success, returns {undefined}.
 
-This function can be overwritten by providing alternative function as part of
-the `options.checkServerIdentity` option passed to `tls.connect()`. The
+This function can be overwritten by providing an alternative function as the
+`options.checkServerIdentity` option that is passed to `tls.connect()`. The
 overwriting function can call `tls.checkServerIdentity()` of course, to augment
 the checks done with additional verification.