diff --git a/doc/api/process.md b/doc/api/process.md
index 3eaa17be6144dd..0192ac8e80d11a 100644
--- a/doc/api/process.md
+++ b/doc/api/process.md
@@ -1720,6 +1720,13 @@ This function will never return, unless an error occurred.
 
 This function is not available on Windows or IBM i.
 
+For example, the following restarts the current process in the same way it started,
+modulo changes to `process.chdir(...)`, `process.env`, `process.argv`.
+
+```js
+  process.execve(process.argv0, process.argv);
+```
+
 ## `process.exit([code])`
 
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