diff --git a/doc/api/stream.md b/doc/api/stream.md
index bf7ee7251af392..fe8ddde4fd6b59 100644
--- a/doc/api/stream.md
+++ b/doc/api/stream.md
@@ -1590,6 +1590,10 @@ async function run() {
 run().catch(console.error);
 ```
 
+`stream.pipeline()` will call `stream.destroy(err)` on all streams except:
+* `Readable` streams which have emitted `'end'` or `'close'`.
+* `Writable` streams which have emitted `'finish'` or `'close'`.
+
 `stream.pipeline()` leaves dangling event listeners on the streams
 after the `callback` has been invoked. In the case of reuse of streams after
 failure, this can cause event listener leaks and swallowed errors.