diff --git a/doc/api/esm.md b/doc/api/esm.md
index fb1989b46eb0d0..99ba93e3bd10eb 100644
--- a/doc/api/esm.md
+++ b/doc/api/esm.md
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ would be usable by any version of Node.js, since `import` can refer to CommonJS
 files; but it would not provide any of the advantages of using ES module syntax.
 
 A package could also switch from CommonJS to ES module syntax in a breaking
-change version bump. This has the obvious disadvantage that the newest version
+change version bump. This has the disadvantage that the newest version
 of the package would only be usable in ES module-supporting versions of Node.js.
 
 Every pattern has tradeoffs, but there are two broad approaches that satisfy the
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ JavaScript using the [`transformSource` hook][]. Before that hook gets called,
 however, other hooks need to tell Node.js not to throw an error on unknown file
 types; and to tell Node.js how to load this new file type.
 
-This is obviously less performant than transpiling source files before running
+This is less performant than transpiling source files before running
 Node.js; a transpiler loader should only be used for development and testing
 purposes.
 
diff --git a/doc/api/events.md b/doc/api/events.md
index 750473aa4c5114..b27c12cf557b30 100644
--- a/doc/api/events.md
+++ b/doc/api/events.md
@@ -740,10 +740,9 @@ added: v0.3.5
 
 By default `EventEmitter`s will print a warning if more than `10` listeners are
 added for a particular event. This is a useful default that helps finding
-memory leaks. Obviously, not all events should be limited to just 10 listeners.
-The `emitter.setMaxListeners()` method allows the limit to be modified for this
-specific `EventEmitter` instance. The value can be set to `Infinity` (or `0`)
-to indicate an unlimited number of listeners.
+memory leaks. The `emitter.setMaxListeners()` method allows the limit to be
+modified for this specific `EventEmitter` instance. The value can be set to
+`Infinity` (or `0`) to indicate an unlimited number of listeners.
 
 Returns a reference to the `EventEmitter`, so that calls can be chained.
 
diff --git a/doc/api/n-api.md b/doc/api/n-api.md
index c6bdb172eb7181..6989bcdeab6c69 100644
--- a/doc/api/n-api.md
+++ b/doc/api/n-api.md
@@ -799,9 +799,8 @@ This API can be called even if there is a pending JavaScript exception.
 ### Exceptions
 
 Any N-API function call may result in a pending JavaScript exception. This is
-obviously the case for any function that may cause the execution of
-JavaScript, but N-API specifies that an exception may be pending
-on return from any of the API functions.
+the case for any of the API functions, even those that may not cause the
+execution of JavaScript.
 
 If the `napi_status` returned by a function is `napi_ok` then no
 exception is pending and no additional action is required. If the