diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
index a3d46b338853be..28b568cda02682 100644
--- a/doc/api/cli.md
+++ b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ as an ES module. Valid values are `"commonjs"`, `"module"`, `"module-typescript"
 The `"-typescript"` values are available only in combination with the flag `--experimental-strip-types`.
 The default is `"commonjs"`.
 
-If `--input-type`is not provided, Node.js will try to run the code as JavaScript,
+If `--experimental-strip-types` is enabled and `--input-type`is not provided, Node.js will first try to run the code as JavaScript,
 then it will try to run the code as TypeScript.
 When using TypeScript, the `--input-type=type` flag should be used,
 to reduce the overhead of multiple syntax detection.