diff --git a/doc/api/http.markdown b/doc/api/http.markdown
index df76a25d66ad23..ec1fdfe4960035 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/http.markdown
@@ -162,9 +162,10 @@ If a client connection emits an 'error' event, it will be forwarded here.
 
 ### server.listen(port[, hostname][, backlog][, callback])
 
-Begin accepting connections on the specified port and hostname.  If the
-hostname is omitted, the server will accept connections directed to any
-IPv4 address (`INADDR_ANY`).
+Begin accepting connections on the specified `port` and `hostname`. If the
+`hostname` is omitted, the server will accept connections on any IPv6 address
+(`::`) when IPv6 is available, or any IPv4 address (`0.0.0.0`) otherwise. A
+port value of zero will assign a random port.
 
 To listen to a unix socket, supply a filename instead of port and hostname.
 
diff --git a/doc/api/net.markdown b/doc/api/net.markdown
index f1fdf99d0e7b46..ff204a2ad6fad6 100644
--- a/doc/api/net.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/net.markdown
@@ -137,11 +137,12 @@ A factory method which returns a new ['net.Socket'](#net_class_net_socket).
 
 This class is used to create a TCP or local server.
 
-### server.listen(port[, host][, backlog][, callback])
+### server.listen(port[, hostname][, backlog][, callback])
 
-Begin accepting connections on the specified `port` and `host`.  If the
-`host` is omitted, the server will accept connections directed to any
-IPv4 address (`INADDR_ANY`). A port value of zero will assign a random port.
+Begin accepting connections on the specified `port` and `hostname`. If the
+`hostname` is omitted, the server will accept connections on any IPv6 address
+(`::`) when IPv6 is available, or any IPv4 address (`0.0.0.0`) otherwise. A
+port value of zero will assign a random port.
 
 Backlog is the maximum length of the queue of pending connections.
 The actual length will be determined by your OS through sysctl settings such as
diff --git a/doc/api/tls.markdown b/doc/api/tls.markdown
index 11cea446666671..1587622a3dfbd6 100644
--- a/doc/api/tls.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/tls.markdown
@@ -586,11 +586,12 @@ NOTE: you may want to use some npm module like [asn1.js] to parse the
 certificates.
 
 
-### server.listen(port[, host][, callback])
+### server.listen(port[, hostname][, callback])
 
-Begin accepting connections on the specified `port` and `host`.  If the
-`host` is omitted, the server will accept connections directed to any
-IPv4 address (`INADDR_ANY`).
+Begin accepting connections on the specified `port` and `hostname`. If the
+`hostname` is omitted, the server will accept connections on any IPv6 address
+(`::`) when IPv6 is available, or any IPv4 address (`0.0.0.0`) otherwise. A
+port value of zero will assign a random port.
 
 This function is asynchronous. The last parameter `callback` will be called
 when the server has been bound.