diff --git a/doc/api/os.md b/doc/api/os.md
index a0ff5e7ff17bf0..ad5736d7690016 100644
--- a/doc/api/os.md
+++ b/doc/api/os.md
@@ -371,6 +371,9 @@ priority classes, `priority` is mapped to one of six priority constants in
 mapping may cause the return value to be slightly different on Windows. To avoid
 confusion, it is recommended to set `priority` to one of the priority constants.
 
+On Windows setting priority to `PRIORITY_HIGHEST` requires elevated user,
+otherwise the set priority will be silently reduced to `PRIORITY_HIGH`.
+
 ## os.tmpdir()
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diff --git a/test/parallel/test-os-process-priority.js b/test/parallel/test-os-process-priority.js
index 9d66cfc49bc27a..05686e6c77083a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-os-process-priority.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-os-process-priority.js
@@ -116,8 +116,10 @@ function checkPriority(pid, expected) {
     return;
   }
 
+  // On Windows setting PRIORITY_HIGHEST will only work for elevated user,
+  // for others it will be silently reduced to PRIORITY_HIGH
   if (expected < PRIORITY_HIGH)
-    assert.strictEqual(priority, PRIORITY_HIGHEST);
+    assert.ok(priority === PRIORITY_HIGHEST || priority === PRIORITY_HIGH);
   else if (expected < PRIORITY_ABOVE_NORMAL)
     assert.strictEqual(priority, PRIORITY_HIGH);
   else if (expected < PRIORITY_NORMAL)