diff --git a/doc/api/events.md b/doc/api/events.md
index 52161a323ce246..42433f6299f949 100644
--- a/doc/api/events.md
+++ b/doc/api/events.md
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ const ee2 = new EventEmitter();
 
 // 'foo' listeners on ordinary EventEmitters that do not track async
 // context, however, run in the same async context as the emit().
-ee1.on('foo', () => {
+ee2.on('foo', () => {
   notStrictEqual(executionAsyncId(), ee2.asyncId());
   notStrictEqual(triggerAsyncId(), ee2.triggerAsyncId());
 });