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@@ -290,7 +290,8 @@ child, and it is no longer possible to send messages.
The 'disconnect' event will be emitted when there are no messages in the process
of being received, most likely immediately.
-Note that you can also call `process.disconnect()` in the child process.
+Note that you can also call `process.disconnect()` in the child process when the
+child process has any open IPC channels with the parent (i.e `fork()`).
## child_process.spawn(command, [args], [options])