diff --git a/docs/content/limitations/builtin-apis/exit-status.mdx b/docs/content/limitations/builtin-apis/exit-status.mdx
index d9bb779db..3cdf10496 100644
--- a/docs/content/limitations/builtin-apis/exit-status.mdx
+++ b/docs/content/limitations/builtin-apis/exit-status.mdx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 - **Exit status:** Numeric `process.exitCode = value` writes in statement position set the implicit exit status, which `process.exit()` uses when called without an argument.
   `process.exit(code)` and `process.exitCode` throw a `RangeError` (`ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE`) for a code that is not a safe integer, and convert other codes to int32, as Node does.
-  Reads, resets, and assignments used as values are unsupported.
+  Reading `process.exitCode` answers the assigned code, or `undefined` before any assignment; `process.exit(code)` assigns it before the `'exit'` listeners run.
+  Resets (`process.exitCode = undefined`) and assignments used as values are unsupported.