diff --git a/doc/api/events.md b/doc/api/events.md
index cb301bd5b36427..7b7523cdb6b5c1 100644
--- a/doc/api/events.md
+++ b/doc/api/events.md
@@ -232,10 +232,10 @@ Setting `events.captureRejections = true` will change the default for all
 new instances of `EventEmitter`.
 
 ```mjs
-import * as events from 'node:events';
+import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events'
 
-events.captureRejections = true;
-const ee1 = new events.EventEmitter();
+EventEmitter.captureRejections = true;
+const ee1 = new EventEmitter();
 ee1.on('something', async (value) => {
   throw new Error('kaboom');
 });