diff --git a/lib/assert.js b/lib/assert.js
index 46d6102381a450..1998246e09c15a 100644
--- a/lib/assert.js
+++ b/lib/assert.js
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ function innerFail(obj) {
  * @param {string | Error} [message]
  * @param {string} [operator]
  * @param {Function} [stackStartFn]
- * @returns {never}
  */
 function fail(actual, expected, message, operator, stackStartFn) {
   const argsLen = arguments.length;
diff --git a/lib/events.js b/lib/events.js
index 6d838d6d112dd9..6f5a499083027a 100644
--- a/lib/events.js
+++ b/lib/events.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ const kMaxEventTargetListenersWarned =
 /**
  * Creates a new `EventEmitter` instance.
  * @param {{ captureRejections?: boolean; }} [opts]
- * @returns {EventEmitter}
+ * @constructs {EventEmitter}
  */
 function EventEmitter(opts) {
   EventEmitter.init.call(this, opts);
diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index aa69abb38a29d0..abdc2f0c39c11b 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ function access(path, mode, callback) {
  * directory specified by `path`.
  * @param {string | Buffer | URL} path
  * @param {number} [mode]
- * @returns {void | never}
+ * @returns {void}
  */
 function accessSync(path, mode) {
   path = getValidatedPath(path);
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
index de8fa349022700..92570fe4a99d7a 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ function emitTrailingSlashPatternDeprecation(match, pjsonUrl, base) {
  * @param {URL} packageJSONUrl
  * @param {string | URL | undefined} base
  * @param {string} main
- * @returns
+ * @returns {void}
  */
 function emitLegacyIndexDeprecation(url, packageJSONUrl, base, main) {
   const format = defaultGetFormat(url);