diff --git a/doc/api/events.md b/doc/api/events.md
index 3994968031428e..a1eaad126fec58 100644
--- a/doc/api/events.md
+++ b/doc/api/events.md
@@ -2482,6 +2482,9 @@ added: v14.5.0
 The `NodeEventTarget` is a Node.js-specific extension to `EventTarget`
 that emulates a subset of the `EventEmitter` API.
 
+`NodeEventTarget` is not part of the Node.js public API itself but is implemented
+by some Node.js classes.
+
 #### `nodeEventTarget.addListener(type, listener)`
 
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