diff --git a/site/content/docs/5.3/components/modal.md b/site/content/docs/5.3/components/modal.md
index 3ca7cc4d2240..fe6dcd9d64cf 100644
--- a/site/content/docs/5.3/components/modal.md
+++ b/site/content/docs/5.3/components/modal.md
@@ -868,4 +868,11 @@ const myModalEl = document.getElementById('myModal')
 myModalEl.addEventListener('hidden.bs.modal', event => {
   // do something...
 })
+
+myModalEl.addEventListener('hide.bs.modal', event => {
+  // you can also abort the event...
+  if (!valid) {
+    return event.preventDefault()
+  }
+})
 ```