diff --git a/doc/api/http.md b/doc/api/http.md
index 10f68cab4c3..2f51e2473aa 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.md
+++ b/doc/api/http.md
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ deprecated: REPLACEME
 
 See [`response.socket`][].
 
-### response.end([data][, encoding][, callback])
+### response.end([data[, encoding]][, callback])
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diff --git a/doc/api/http2.md b/doc/api/http2.md
index 494a7d8212f..a204f53e3be 100644
--- a/doc/api/http2.md
+++ b/doc/api/http2.md
@@ -3006,7 +3006,7 @@ deprecated: REPLACEME
 
 See [`response.socket`][].
 
-#### response.end([data][, encoding][, callback])
+#### response.end([data[, encoding]][, callback])
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diff --git a/doc/api/stream.md b/doc/api/stream.md
index 03171f4a2e1..b6093e89170 100644
--- a/doc/api/stream.md
+++ b/doc/api/stream.md
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ added: v8.0.0
 
 Is `true` after [`writable.destroy()`][writable-destroy] has been called.
 
-##### writable.end([chunk][, encoding][, callback])
+##### writable.end([chunk[, encoding]][, callback])
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