From 88293bbdac5249787f85b9e3786922378a749349 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jeromew <jerome.wagner@m4x.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 13:53:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] clarify the 'close' event

---
 doc/api/stream.markdown | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/api/stream.markdown b/doc/api/stream.markdown
index e9f6e2c5024..47ab6390270 100644
--- a/doc/api/stream.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/stream.markdown
@@ -202,8 +202,11 @@ readable.on('end', function() {
 
 #### Event: 'close'
 
-Emitted when the underlying resource (for example, the backing file
-descriptor) has been closed. Not all streams will emit this.
+Emitted when the stream and any of its underlying resources (for example a
+file descriptor) have been closed, and no more events will be emitted,
+nor will any further computation occur.
+
+Not all streams will emit this.
 
 #### Event: 'error'