diff --git a/docs/api/menu.md b/docs/api/menu.md
index 0432360cb04e..cb5bbd692669 100644
--- a/docs/api/menu.md
+++ b/docs/api/menu.md
@@ -206,14 +206,7 @@ The `menu` class has the following methods:
 Sets `menu` as the application menu on OS X. On Windows and Linux, the `menu`
 will be set as each window's top menu.
 
-**NOTE** if calling from the main process you can not call this function until after you've recevied the `'ready'` event from the application.
-
-```
-app.on('ready', () => {
-  Menu.setApplicationMenu(menu);
-  ...
-});
-```
+**Note:** This API has to be called after the `ready` event of `app` module.
 
 ### `Menu.sendActionToFirstResponder(action)` _OS X_