diff --git a/doc/api/http2.md b/doc/api/http2.md
index 0cc4d073a06975..f24e13eeb03309 100644
--- a/doc/api/http2.md
+++ b/doc/api/http2.md
@@ -271,12 +271,17 @@ server.on('stream', (stream, headers) => {
     'content-type': 'text/html',
     ':status': 200
   });
+  stream.on('error', (error) => console.error(error));
   stream.end('<h1>Hello World</h1>');
 });
 
 server.listen(80);
 ```
 
+Even though HTTP/2 streams and network sockets are not in a 1:1 correspondence,
+a network error will destroy each individual stream and must be handled on the
+stream level, as shown above.
+
 #### Event: 'timeout'
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