From e05d4f43b683d0f96105d17501bea213832e00a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gowpen <33104741+gowpen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 03:15:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] doc: correct effects to affects

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16794
Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/16793
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <vsemozhetbyt@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Minwoo Jung <minwoo@nodesource.com>
Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
---
 doc/api/events.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/api/events.md b/doc/api/events.md
index adc97b306292e9..b08dc23d322e1a 100644
--- a/doc/api/events.md
+++ b/doc/api/events.md
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ property can be used. If this value is not a positive number, a `TypeError`
 will be thrown.
 
 Take caution when setting the `EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners` because the
-change effects *all* `EventEmitter` instances, including those created before
+change affects *all* `EventEmitter` instances, including those created before
 the change is made. However, calling [`emitter.setMaxListeners(n)`][] still has
 precedence over `EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners`.