diff --git a/doc/api/events.md b/doc/api/events.md
index b27c12cf557b30..b23da5a523ea40 100644
--- a/doc/api/events.md
+++ b/doc/api/events.md
@@ -912,6 +912,7 @@ const { on, EventEmitter } = require('events');
     // if concurrent execution is required.
     console.log(event); // prints ['bar'] [42]
   }
+  // Unreachable here
 })();
 ```