diff --git a/doc/api/events.md b/doc/api/events.md
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--- a/doc/api/events.md
+++ b/doc/api/events.md
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 
 Much of the Node.js core API is built around an idiomatic asynchronous
 event-driven architecture in which certain kinds of objects (called "emitters")
-periodically emit named events that cause `Function` objects ("listeners") to be
-called.
+emit named events that cause `Function` objects ("listeners") to be called.
 
 For instance: a [`net.Server`][] object emits an event each time a peer
 connects to it; a [`fs.ReadStream`][] emits an event when the file is opened;