diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli.ts
index b0f0b552..ede33e05 100755
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { URL } from 'url';
 import { promises as fs, readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import micromatch from 'micromatch';
 import { gzip } from 'node-gzip';
-import fetch from 'node-fetch';
+import fetch from 'node-fetch'; // TODO(deps): Replace when v20 reaches end of maintenance.
 import mikktspace from 'mikktspace';
 import { MeshoptEncoder, MeshoptSimplifier } from 'meshoptimizer';
 import { ready as resampleReady, resample as resampleWASM } from 'keyframe-resample';
diff --git a/packages/core/src/io/node-io.ts b/packages/core/src/io/node-io.ts
index ca9228e4..4b8b07c1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/io/node-io.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/io/node-io.ts
@@ -29,13 +29,12 @@ import { HTTPUtils } from '../utils/index.js';
  * ```
  *
  * By default, NodeIO can only read/write paths on disk. To enable network requests, provide a Fetch
- * API implementation (such as [`node-fetch`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-fetch)) and enable
+ * API implementation (global [`fetch()`](https://nodejs.org/api/globals.html#fetch) is stable in
+ * Node.js v21+, or [`node-fetch`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-fetch) may be installed) and enable
  * {@link NodeIO.setAllowNetwork setAllowNetwork}. Network requests may optionally be configured with
  * [RequestInit](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/fetch#parameters) parameters.
  *
  * ```typescript
- * import fetch from 'node-fetch';
- *
  * const io = new NodeIO(fetch, {headers: {...}}).setAllowNetwork(true);
  *
  * const document = await io.read('https://example.com/path/to/model.glb');