diff --git a/doc/api/events.md b/doc/api/events.md
index b0be1d9b8499b8..329d763b87065d 100644
--- a/doc/api/events.md
+++ b/doc/api/events.md
@@ -1455,8 +1455,7 @@ async function foo(emitter, event, signal) {
 }
 
 foo(ee, 'foo', ac.signal);
-ac.abort(); // Abort waiting for the event
-ee.emit('foo'); // Prints: Waiting for the event was canceled!
+ac.abort(); // Prints: Waiting for the event was canceled!
 ```
 
 ```cjs
@@ -1479,8 +1478,7 @@ async function foo(emitter, event, signal) {
 }
 
 foo(ee, 'foo', ac.signal);
-ac.abort(); // Abort waiting for the event
-ee.emit('foo'); // Prints: Waiting for the event was canceled!
+ac.abort(); // Prints: Waiting for the event was canceled!
 ```
 
 ### Awaiting multiple events emitted on `process.nextTick()`