diff --git a/docs/api/window-open.md b/docs/api/window-open.md
index 8ff7aae726b9..c235deea7925 100644
--- a/docs/api/window-open.md
+++ b/docs/api/window-open.md
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ const mainWindow = new BrowserWindow()
 
 mainWindow.webContents.setWindowOpenHandler(({ url }) => {
   if (url.startsWith('https://github.com/')) {
-    return true
+    return { action: 'allow' }
   }
-  return false
+  return { action: 'deny' }
 })
 
 mainWindow.webContents.on('did-create-window', (childWindow) => {