diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 9ab6638b10e4af..b630e21b5565d1 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -350,7 +350,6 @@ module.exports = {
     'jsdoc/check-tag-names': 'off',
     'jsdoc/require-returns': 'off',
     'jsdoc/require-property-description': 'off',
-    'jsdoc/check-param-names': 'off',
 
     // Custom rules from eslint-plugin-node-core
     'node-core/no-unescaped-regexp-dot': 'error',
diff --git a/lib/internal/event_target.js b/lib/internal/event_target.js
index 83908e66bfc48d..3bc2fbb81cb20c 100644
--- a/lib/internal/event_target.js
+++ b/lib/internal/event_target.js
@@ -443,7 +443,13 @@ class EventTarget {
   /**
    * @callback EventTargetCallback
    * @param {Event} event
+   */
+
+  /**
    * @typedef {{ handleEvent: EventTargetCallback }} EventListener
+   */
+
+  /**
    * @param {string} type
    * @param {EventTargetCallback|EventListener} listener
    * @param {{