diff --git a/doc/api/process.markdown b/doc/api/process.markdown
index 3be24db43a0..8d7bb48b3dc 100644
--- a/doc/api/process.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/process.markdown
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ What processor architecture you're running on: `'arm'`, `'ia32'`, or `'x64'`.
 ## process.platform
 
 What platform you're running on:
-`'darwin'`, `'freebsd'`, `'linux'`, `'solaris'` or `'win32'`
+`'darwin'`, `'freebsd'`, `'linux'`, `'sunos'` or `'win32'`
 
     console.log('This platform is ' + process.platform);
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-fs-watch.js b/test/simple/test-fs-watch.js
index 44510b20d71..2ad05f2e117 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-fs-watch.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-fs-watch.js
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ try { fs.mkdirSync(testsubdir, 0700); } catch (e) {}
 assert.doesNotThrow(
     function() {
       var watcher = fs.watch(testsubdir, function(event, filename) {
-        var renameEv = process.platform === 'solaris' ? 'change' : 'rename';
+        var renameEv = process.platform === 'sunos' ? 'change' : 'rename';
         assert.equal(renameEv, event);
         if (expectFilePath) {
           assert.equal('newfile.txt', filename);