diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index 971def3708826b..8cef874b6b2e98 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -1758,6 +1758,9 @@ fs.copyFileSync('source.txt', 'destination.txt', COPYFILE_EXCL);
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.31
 changes:
+  - version: v14.0.0
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/31408
+    description: Change `emitClose` default to `true`.
   - version: v13.6.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29083
     description: The `fs` options allow overriding the used `fs`
@@ -1790,7 +1793,7 @@ changes:
   * `fd` {integer} **Default:** `null`
   * `mode` {integer} **Default:** `0o666`
   * `autoClose` {boolean} **Default:** `true`
-  * `emitClose` {boolean} **Default:** `false`
+  * `emitClose` {boolean} **Default:** `true`
   * `start` {integer}
   * `end` {integer} **Default:** `Infinity`
   * `highWaterMark` {integer} **Default:** `64 * 1024`
@@ -1818,9 +1821,9 @@ If `fd` points to a character device that only supports blocking reads
 available. This can prevent the process from exiting and the stream from
 closing naturally.
 
-By default, the stream will not emit a `'close'` event after it has been
-destroyed. This is the opposite of the default for other `Readable` streams.
-Set the `emitClose` option to `true` to change this behavior.
+By default, the stream will emit a `'close'` event after it has been
+destroyed, like most `Readable` streams.  Set the `emitClose` option to
+`false` to change this behavior.
 
 By providing the `fs` option, it is possible to override the corresponding `fs`
 implementations for `open`, `read`, and `close`. When providing the `fs` option,
@@ -1863,6 +1866,9 @@ If `options` is a string, then it specifies the encoding.
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.31
 changes:
+  - version: v14.0.0
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/31408
+    description: Change `emitClose` default to `true`.
   - version: v13.6.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29083
     description: The `fs` options allow overriding the used `fs`
@@ -1893,7 +1899,7 @@ changes:
   * `fd` {integer} **Default:** `null`
   * `mode` {integer} **Default:** `0o666`
   * `autoClose` {boolean} **Default:** `true`
-  * `emitClose` {boolean} **Default:** `false`
+  * `emitClose` {boolean} **Default:** `true`
   * `start` {integer}
   * `fs` {Object|null} **Default:** `null`
 * Returns: {fs.WriteStream} See [Writable Stream][].
@@ -1910,9 +1916,9 @@ then the file descriptor won't be closed, even if there's an error.
 It is the application's responsibility to close it and make sure there's no
 file descriptor leak.
 
-By default, the stream will not emit a `'close'` event after it has been
-destroyed. This is the opposite of the default for other `Writable` streams.
-Set the `emitClose` option to `true` to change this behavior.
+By default, the stream will emit a `'close'` event after it has been
+destroyed, like most `Writable` streams.  Set the `emitClose` option to
+`false` to change this behavior.
 
 By providing the `fs` option it is possible to override the corresponding `fs`
 implementations for `open`, `write`, `writev` and `close`. Overriding `write()`