diff --git a/doc/api/events.md b/doc/api/events.md
index 817cf73fbdcc3d..8dcb8ebfed55cf 100644
--- a/doc/api/events.md
+++ b/doc/api/events.md
@@ -1803,7 +1803,7 @@ const emitter = new EventEmitter();
 setMaxListeners(5, target, emitter);
 ```
 
-## `events.addAbortListener(signal, resource)`
+## `events.addAbortListener(signal, listener)`
 
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