diff --git a/docs/api/process.md b/docs/api/process.md
index 8e61104d947..59f80963d81 100644
--- a/docs/api/process.md
+++ b/docs/api/process.md
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ Returns:
 
 * `CPUUsage` [CPUUsage](structures/cpu-usage.md)
 
-### `process.getIOCounters()`
+### `process.getIOCounters()` _Windows_ _Linux_
 
 Returns:
 
diff --git a/spec/api-process-spec.js b/spec/api-process-spec.js
index e53af347a34..83a6199a167 100644
--- a/spec/api-process-spec.js
+++ b/spec/api-process-spec.js
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ describe('process module', function () {
 
   describe('process.getIOCounters()', function () {
     it('returns an io counters object', function () {
+      if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
+        return;
+      }
       var ioCounters = process.getIOCounters()
       assert.equal(typeof ioCounters.readOperationCount, 'number')
       assert.equal(typeof ioCounters.writeOperationCount, 'number')