From 23967431f55a3c9b5dec84e9079e8b27a0bd62c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cjihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:36:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] child_process: doc deprecate ChildProcess._channel

This was eligible to begin deprecation in Node 8.

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/26982
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Beth Griggs <Bethany.Griggs@uk.ibm.com>
---
 doc/api/deprecations.md | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/api/deprecations.md b/doc/api/deprecations.md
index 4e68e2e46157c8..d15d8065e7bff2 100644
--- a/doc/api/deprecations.md
+++ b/doc/api/deprecations.md
@@ -2299,6 +2299,21 @@ Please use the publicly documented [`timeout.refresh()`][] instead.
 If unreferencing the timeout is necessary, [`timeout.unref()`][] can be used
 with no performance impact since Node.js 10.
 
+<a id="DEP0XXX"></a>
+### DEP0XXX: ChildProcess._channel
+<!-- YAML
+changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/26982
+    description: Documentation-only.
+-->
+
+Type: Documentation-only
+
+The `_channel` property of child process objects returned by `spawn()` and
+similar functions is not intended for public use. Use `ChildProcess.channel`
+instead.
+
 [`--pending-deprecation`]: cli.html#cli_pending_deprecation
 [`Buffer.allocUnsafeSlow(size)`]: buffer.html#buffer_class_method_buffer_allocunsafeslow_size
 [`Buffer.from(array)`]: buffer.html#buffer_class_method_buffer_from_array