diff --git a/doc/api/events.md b/doc/api/events.md
index 540b663bd569688..f28791e6a48fb21 100644
--- a/doc/api/events.md
+++ b/doc/api/events.md
@@ -1485,11 +1485,10 @@ target.removeEventListener('foo', handler, { capture: true });
 added: v14.5.0
 -->
 
-* `event` {Object|Event}
+* `event` {Event}
 
 Dispatches the `event` to the list of handlers for `event.type`. The `event`
-may be an `Event` object or any object with a `type` property whose value is
-a `string`.
+must be an `Event` object.
 
 The registered event listeners is synchronously invoked in the order they
 were registered.