diff --git a/doc/api/stream.md b/doc/api/stream.md
index ca85ec69d86fd0..e951170ecff576 100644
--- a/doc/api/stream.md
+++ b/doc/api/stream.md
@@ -219,13 +219,19 @@ added: v0.9.4
 ##### Event: 'close'
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.9.4
+changes:
+  - version: v10.0.0
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18438
+    description: Add `emitClose` option to specify if `'close'` is emitted on
+                 destroy.
 -->
 
 The `'close'` event is emitted when the stream and any of its underlying
 resources (a file descriptor, for example) have been closed. The event indicates
 that no more events will be emitted, and no further computation will occur.
 
-Not all `Writable` streams will emit the `'close'` event.
+A [`Writable`][] stream will always emit the `'close'` event if it is
+created with the `emitClose` option.
 
 ##### Event: 'drain'
 <!-- YAML
@@ -704,13 +710,19 @@ added: v0.9.4
 ##### Event: 'close'
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.9.4
+changes:
+  - version: v10.0.0
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18438
+    description: Add `emitClose` option to specify if `'close'` is emitted on
+                 destroy.
 -->
 
 The `'close'` event is emitted when the stream and any of its underlying
 resources (a file descriptor, for example) have been closed. The event indicates
 that no more events will be emitted, and no further computation will occur.
 
-Not all [`Readable`][] streams will emit the `'close'` event.
+A [`Readable`][] stream will always emit the `'close'` event if it is
+created with the `emitClose` option.
 
 ##### Event: 'data'
 <!-- YAML