doc: remove v prefix for version references

MikeMcC399 · aduh95 · commit ccfd9d9b3038 · 2026-01-26T13:41:15.000+01:00
PR-URL: #61488 Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Jacob Smith <jacob@frende.me> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Rafael Gonzaga <rafael.nunu@hotmail.com> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ Refs:
   [Visual Studio 2022 (17.13 or newer)](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/)
   or the "C++ build tools" workload from the
   [Build Tools](https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vs_buildtools.exe),
-  with the default optional components. Starting with Node.js v24, ClangCL is required to compile
+  with the default optional components. As of Node.js 24.0.0, ClangCL is required to compile
   on Windows. To enable it, two additional components are needed:
   * C++ Clang Compiler for Windows (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Llvm.Clang)
   * MSBuild support for LLVM toolset (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Llvm.ClangToolset)
diff --git a/doc/api/crypto.md b/doc/api/crypto.md
@@ -6013,7 +6013,7 @@ binary data. As such, many `crypto` classes have methods not
 typically found on other Node.js classes that implement the [streams][stream]
 API (e.g. `update()`, `final()`, or `digest()`). Also, many methods accepted
 and returned `'latin1'` encoded strings by default rather than `Buffer`s. This
-default was changed after Node.js v0.8 to use [`Buffer`][] objects by default
+default was changed in Node.js 0.9.3 to use [`Buffer`][] objects by default
 instead.
 
 ### Support for weak or compromised algorithms
diff --git a/doc/api/deprecations.md b/doc/api/deprecations.md
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ in Node.js 6.0 because the method defaulted to using the non-recommended
 Node.js 8.0.0, calling `crypto.pbkdf2()` or `crypto.pbkdf2Sync()` with
 `digest` set to `undefined` will throw a `TypeError`.
 
-Beginning in Node.js v11.0.0, calling these functions with `digest` set to
+Beginning in Node.js 11.0.0, calling these functions with `digest` set to
 `null` would print a deprecation warning to align with the behavior when `digest`
 is `undefined`.
 
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ changes:
 
 Type: End-of-Life
 
-The `Server.connections` property was deprecated in Node.js v0.9.7 and has
+The `Server.connections` property was deprecated in Node.js 0.9.7 and has
 been removed. Please use the [`Server.getConnections()`][] method instead.
 
 ### DEP0021: `Server.listenFD`
diff --git a/doc/api/errors.md b/doc/api/errors.md
@@ -3868,7 +3868,7 @@ removed: v15.0.0
 -->
 
 This error code was replaced by [`ERR_MISSING_TRANSFERABLE_IN_TRANSFER_LIST`][]
-in Node.js v15.0.0, because it is no longer accurate as other types of
+in Node.js 15.0.0, because it is no longer accurate as other types of
 transferable objects also exist now.
 
 <a id="ERR_MISSING_TRANSFERABLE_IN_TRANSFER_LIST"></a>
diff --git a/doc/api/process.md b/doc/api/process.md
@@ -4249,7 +4249,7 @@ When a new value is assigned, different platforms will impose different maximum
 length restrictions on the title. Usually such restrictions are quite limited.
 For instance, on Linux and macOS, `process.title` is limited to the size of the
 binary name plus the length of the command-line arguments because setting the
-`process.title` overwrites the `argv` memory of the process. Node.js v0.8
+`process.title` overwrites the `argv` memory of the process. Node.js 0.8
 allowed for longer process title strings by also overwriting the `environ`
 memory but that was potentially insecure and confusing in some (rather obscure)
 cases.
diff --git a/doc/api/util.md b/doc/api/util.md
@@ -3452,7 +3452,7 @@ deprecated: v24.2.0
 
 > Stability: 0 - Deprecated: Use [`Error.isError`][] instead.
 
-**Note:** As of Node.js v24, `Error.isError()` is currently slower than `util.types.isNativeError()`.
+**Note:** As of Node.js 24, `Error.isError()` is currently slower than `util.types.isNativeError()`.
 If performance is critical, consider benchmarking both in your environment.
 
 * `value` {any}
diff --git a/doc/contributing/distribution.md b/doc/contributing/distribution.md
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ that doing so is not a breaking change.
 
 ## History
 
-* [corepack](https://github.com/nodejs/corepack) was added in Node.js v14.9.0 and v16.9.0. It is no longer distributed as of Node.js v25.0.0.
+* [corepack](https://github.com/nodejs/corepack) was added in Node.js 14.9.0 and 16.9.0. It is no longer distributed as of Node.js 25.0.0.
diff --git a/tools/icu/README.md b/tools/icu/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Both V8 and Node.js use ICU to provide internationalization functionality.
 
 Note:
 
-> The files in this directory were written for the Node.js v0.12 effort.
+> The files in this directory were written for the Node.js 0.12 effort.
 > The original intent was to merge the tools such as `icutrim.py` and `iculslocs.cc`
 > back into ICU. ICU has gained its own “data slicer” tool.
 > There is an issue open, <https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/25136>

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`@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ that doing so is not a breaking change.`
`28`	`28`
`29`	`29`	`## History`
`30`	`30`
`31`		`-* [corepack](https://github.com/nodejs/corepack) was added in Node.js v14.9.0 and v16.9.0. It is no longer distributed as of Node.js v25.0.0.`
	`31`	`+* [corepack](https://github.com/nodejs/corepack) was added in Node.js 14.9.0 and 16.9.0. It is no longer distributed as of Node.js 25.0.0.`