diff --git a/doc/api/vm.md b/doc/api/vm.md
index 8177a7b38556be..6bf33a281c70bf 100644
--- a/doc/api/vm.md
+++ b/doc/api/vm.md
@@ -556,8 +556,7 @@ const contextifiedObject = vm.createContext({
 
 * {string[]}
 
-The specifiers of all dependencies of this module. The returned array is frozen
-to disallow any changes to it.
+The specifiers of all dependencies of this module.
 
 Corresponds to the `[[RequestedModules]]` field of [Cyclic Module Record][]s in
 the ECMAScript specification.