diff --git a/doc/api/http.md b/doc/api/http.md
index fd8bb02776d03f..e83c507bf2ee0a 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.md
+++ b/doc/api/http.md
@@ -1015,7 +1015,8 @@ interface. This is an [`EventEmitter`][] with the following events:
 added: v0.6.7
 -->
 
-Indicates that the underlying connection was terminated.
+Indicates that the underlying connection was terminated before
+[`response.end()`][] was called or able to flush.
 
 ### Event: 'finish'
 <!-- YAML
@@ -1505,6 +1506,7 @@ added: v0.4.2
 -->
 
 Indicates that the underlying connection was closed.
+Just like `'end'`, this event occurs only once per response.
 
 ### message.aborted
 <!-- YAML
diff --git a/lib/_http_server.js b/lib/_http_server.js
index 3d5a1f8f6242f7..8e0cbfbf266878 100644
--- a/lib/_http_server.js
+++ b/lib/_http_server.js
@@ -561,8 +561,6 @@ function resOnFinish(req, res, socket, state, server) {
     req._dump();
 
   res.detachSocket(socket);
-  req.emit('close');
-  process.nextTick(emitCloseNT, res);
 
   if (res._last) {
     if (typeof socket.destroySoon === 'function') {
@@ -585,10 +583,6 @@ function resOnFinish(req, res, socket, state, server) {
   }
 }
 
-function emitCloseNT(self) {
-  self.emit('close');
-}
-
 // The following callback is issued after the headers have been read on a
 // new message. In this callback we setup the response object and pass it
 // to the user.
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-req-res-close.js b/test/parallel/test-http-req-res-close.js
deleted file mode 100644
index daba55f43427c2..00000000000000
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-req-res-close.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const common = require('../common');
-const http = require('http');
-const assert = require('assert');
-
-const server = http.Server(common.mustCall((req, res) => {
-  let resClosed = false;
-
-  res.end();
-  res.on('finish', common.mustCall(() => {
-    assert.strictEqual(resClosed, false);
-  }));
-  res.on('close', common.mustCall(() => {
-    resClosed = true;
-  }));
-  req.on('close', common.mustCall(() => {
-    assert.strictEqual(req._readableState.ended, true);
-  }));
-  res.socket.on('close', () => server.close());
-}));
-
-server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
-  http.get({ port: server.address().port }, common.mustCall());
-}));