diff --git a/doc/api/typescript.md b/doc/api/typescript.md
index 158a55ea12..b5b7017d5e 100644
--- a/doc/api/typescript.md
+++ b/doc/api/typescript.md
@@ -158,10 +158,10 @@ namespace A {
 }
 ```
 
-Since Decorators are currently a [TC39 Stage 3 proposal](https://github.com/tc39/proposal-decorators)
-and will soon be supported by the JavaScript engine,
+Since Decorators are currently a [TC39 Stage 3 proposal](https://github.com/tc39/proposal-decorators),
 they are not transformed and will result in a parser error.
-This is a temporary limitation and will be resolved in the future.
+Node.js does not provide polyfills and thus will not support decorators until
+they are supported natively in JavaScript.
 
 In addition, Node.js does not read `tsconfig.json` files and does not support
 features that depend on settings within `tsconfig.json`, such as paths or