diff --git a/doc/api/buffer.md b/doc/api/buffer.md
index 0dc86f1c008..4cf01da876e 100644
--- a/doc/api/buffer.md
+++ b/doc/api/buffer.md
@@ -2606,8 +2606,7 @@ Returns an un-pooled `Buffer`.
 
 In order to avoid the garbage collection overhead of creating many individually
 allocated `Buffer` instances, by default allocations under 4KB are sliced from a
-single larger allocated object. This approach improves both performance and memory
-usage since v8 does not need to track and cleanup as many `Persistent` objects.
+single larger allocated object.
 
 In the case where a developer may need to retain a small chunk of memory from a
 pool for an indeterminate amount of time, it may be appropriate to create an
diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
index c9a4d0703b8..2d8cccb8a46 100644
--- a/doc/api/cli.md
+++ b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ To view this documentation as a manual page in a terminal, run `man node`.
 
 ## Synopsis
 
-`node [options] [v8 options] [script.js | -e "script" | -] [--] [arguments]`
+`node [options] [V8 options] [script.js | -e "script" | -] [--] [arguments]`
 
 `node debug [script.js | -e "script" | <host>:<port>] …`
 
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ Track heap object allocations for heap snapshots.
 added: v5.2.0
 -->
 
-Process v8 profiler output generated using the v8 option `--prof`.
+Process V8 profiler output generated using the V8 option `--prof`.
 
 
 ### `--v8-options`
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ Process v8 profiler output generated using the v8 option `--prof`.
 added: v0.1.3
 -->
 
-Print v8 command line options.
+Print V8 command line options.
 
 *Note*: V8 options allow words to be separated by both dashes (`-`) or
 underscores (`_`).
diff --git a/doc/api/synopsis.md b/doc/api/synopsis.md
index 3d680c33b55..7fddd6be3b9 100644
--- a/doc/api/synopsis.md
+++ b/doc/api/synopsis.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <!--introduced_in=v0.10.0-->
 <!--type=misc-->
 
-`node [options] [v8 options] [script.js | -e "script" | - ] [arguments]`
+`node [options] [V8 options] [script.js | -e "script" | - ] [arguments]`
 
 Please see the [Command Line Options][] document for information about
 different options and ways to run scripts with Node.js.
diff --git a/doc/guides/writing-and-running-benchmarks.md b/doc/guides/writing-and-running-benchmarks.md
index 62df0af417c..75435daf394 100644
--- a/doc/guides/writing-and-running-benchmarks.md
+++ b/doc/guides/writing-and-running-benchmarks.md
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ buffers/buffer-tostring.js n=10000000 len=1024 arg=false: 4103857.0726124765
 Each line represents a single benchmark with parameters specified as
 `${variable}=${value}`. Each configuration combination is executed in a separate
 process. This ensures that benchmark results aren't affected by the execution
-order due to v8 optimizations. **The last number is the rate of operations
+order due to V8 optimizations. **The last number is the rate of operations
 measured in ops/sec (higher is better).**
 
 Furthermore a subset of the configurations can be specified, by setting them in
diff --git a/doc/node.1 b/doc/node.1
index 0fad250c6d5..a4395c099b9 100644
--- a/doc/node.1
+++ b/doc/node.1
@@ -181,13 +181,13 @@ Track heap object allocations for heap snapshots.
 
 .TP
 .BR \-\-prof\-process
-Process v8 profiler output generated using the v8 option \fB\-\-prof\fR
+Process V8 profiler output generated using the V8 option \fB\-\-prof\fR
 
 .TP
 .BR \-\-v8\-options
-Print v8 command line options.
+Print V8 command line options.
 
-Note: v8 options allow words to be separated by both dashes (\fB-\fR) or
+Note: V8 options allow words to be separated by both dashes (\fB-\fR) or
 underscores (\fB_\fR).
 
 For example, \fB\-\-stack\-trace\-limit\fR is equivalent to
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ For example, \fB\-\-stack\-trace\-limit\fR is equivalent to
 .TP
 .BR \-\-v8\-pool\-size =\fInum\fR
 Set v8's thread pool size which will be used to allocate background jobs.
-If set to 0 then v8 will choose an appropriate size of the thread pool based
+If set to 0 then V8 will choose an appropriate size of the thread pool based
 on the number of online processors. If the value provided is larger than v8's
 max then the largest value will be chosen.