diff --git a/doc/api/http.md b/doc/api/http.md
index 722defc987d0c7..7139e04c9b15fc 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.md
+++ b/doc/api/http.md
@@ -2313,7 +2313,7 @@ client's authentication details.
 
 This property is guaranteed to be an instance of the {net.Socket} class,
 a subclass of {stream.Duplex}, unless the user specified a socket
-type other than {net.Socket}.
+type other than {net.Socket} or internally nulled.
 
 ### `message.statusCode`