diff --git a/doc/api/dgram.md b/doc/api/dgram.md
index 644dd3b15cae4e..e4ad0dac2d2adb 100644
--- a/doc/api/dgram.md
+++ b/doc/api/dgram.md
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ function is passed a single `Error` object.
 added: v0.1.99
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-The `'listening'` event is emitted whenever a socket begins listening for
-datagram messages. This occurs as soon as UDP sockets are created.
+The `'listening'` event is emitted on the first invocation of either `socket.send()`
+or `socket.bind()` for the respective socket.
 
 ### Event: 'message'
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