diff --git a/doc/api/dgram.md b/doc/api/dgram.md
index 7477f2e593a1cc7..87456418623d3d2 100644
--- a/doc/api/dgram.md
+++ b/doc/api/dgram.md
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ If `msg` is an array, `offset` and `length` must not be specified.
 
 The `address` argument is a string. If the value of `address` is a host name,
 DNS will be used to resolve the address of the host. If `address` is not
-provided or otherwise falsy, `'127.0.0.1'` (for `udp4` sockets) or `'::1'`
+provided or otherwise nullish, `'127.0.0.1'` (for `udp4` sockets) or `'::1'`
 (for `udp6` sockets) will be used by default.
 
 If the socket has not been previously bound with a call to `bind`, the socket