diff --git a/doc/api/events.md b/doc/api/events.md
index c87483b796e7da..c6a796f5e83992 100644
--- a/doc/api/events.md
+++ b/doc/api/events.md
@@ -1258,10 +1258,10 @@ The `EventTarget` does not implement any special default handling for `'error'`
 type events like `EventEmitter` does in order to be spec compliant.
 
 Currently errors are first forwarded to the `process.on('error')` event
-before reaching `process.on('uncaughtException')` - this behaviour will change
-in the next major release to align `EventTarget` with other Node.js APIs. Any
-code relying on the `process.on('error')` event should be aligned with the new
-behaviour.
+before reaching `process.on('uncaughtException')` - this behaviour is
+deprecated and will change in a future release to align `EventTarget` with
+other Node.js APIs. Any code relying on the `process.on('error')` event should
+be aligned with the new behaviour.
 
 ### Class: `Event`
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