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diff --git a/doc/api/dgram.md b/doc/api/dgram.md index d3eee26cdd5..57a38e3895f 100644 --- a/doc/api/dgram.md +++ b/doc/api/dgram.md @@ -73,8 +73,11 @@ function is passed a single `Error` object. added: v0.1.99 --> -The `'listening'` event is emitted whenever a socket begins listening for -datagram messages. This occurs as soon as UDP sockets are created. +The `'listening'` event is emitted once the `dgram.Socket` is addressable and +can receive data. This happens either explicitly with `socket.bind()` or +implicitly the first time data is sent using `socket.send()`. +Until the `dgram.Socket` is listening, the underlying system resources do not +exist and calls such as `socket.address()` and `socket.setTTL()` will fail. ### Event: `'message'` <!-- YAML |