diff --git a/doc/api/events.md b/doc/api/events.md
index e776e0ec4017d1..ce36bb7dbcd05a 100644
--- a/doc/api/events.md
+++ b/doc/api/events.md
@@ -1974,7 +1974,7 @@ Dispatches the `event` to the list of handlers for `event.type`.
 The registered event listeners is synchronously invoked in the order they
 were registered.
 
-#### `eventTarget.removeEventListener(type, listener)`
+#### `eventTarget.removeEventListener(type, listener[, options])`
 
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