doc: clarify stream 'close' event

13 years ago · 05b81f333c
1 changed files with 2 additions and 3 deletions
--- a/doc/api/stream.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/stream.markdown
@ -42,9 +42,8 @@ Emitted if there was an error receiving data.

 `function () { }`

-Emitted when the underlying file descriptor has been closed. Not all streams
-will emit this.  (For example, an incoming HTTP request will not emit
-`'close'`.)
+Emitted when the underlying resource (for example, the backing file descriptor)
+has been closed. Not all streams will emit this.

 ### stream.readable