diff --git a/docs/api/app.md b/docs/api/app.md
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--- a/docs/api/app.md
+++ b/docs/api/app.md
@@ -127,8 +127,6 @@ Emitted when the user wants to open a URL with the application. Your application
 `Info.plist` file must define the URL scheme within the `CFBundleURLTypes` key, and
 set `NSPrincipalClass` to `AtomApplication`.
 
-You should call `event.preventDefault()` if you want to handle this event.
-
 As with the `open-file` event, be sure to register a listener for the `open-url`
 event early in your application startup to detect if the the application being
 is being opened to handle a URL. If you register the listener in response to a