diff --git a/tools/doc/type-parser.js b/tools/doc/type-parser.js
index 3f1ea9597c4fbe..c2bca80641152e 100644
--- a/tools/doc/type-parser.js
+++ b/tools/doc/type-parser.js
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ const typeMap = {
   'http.ServerResponse': 'http.html#http_class_http_serverresponse',
 };
 
+const arrayPart = /(?:\[])+$/;
+
 module.exports = {
   toLink: function(typeInput) {
     const typeLinks = [];
@@ -51,12 +53,10 @@ module.exports = {
       if (typeText) {
         let typeUrl = null;
 
-        // To support type[], we store the full string and use
-        // the bracket-less version to lookup the type URL
+        // To support type[], type[][] etc., we store the full string
+        // and use the bracket-less version to lookup the type URL
         const typeTextFull = typeText;
-        if (/\[]$/.test(typeText)) {
-          typeText = typeText.slice(0, -2);
-        }
+        typeText = typeText.replace(arrayPart, '');
 
         const primitive = jsPrimitives[typeText.toLowerCase()];