diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d2424ef..7b5f90d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,16 +37,16 @@ var toBulk = new TransformToBulk(function getIndexTypeId(doc) { return { _id: do
 require('random-document-stream')(42).pipe(toBulk).pipe(ws).on('finish', done);
 ```
 
-NOTE: One must listen to the `close` event emitted by the write stream to know
+NOTE: One must listen to the `elasticsearch_streams_close` event emitted by the write stream to know
 when all the data has been written and flushed to Elasticsearch.
 
 Listening to `finish` does not mean much really as we are in this situation:
 https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/5315#issuecomment-16670354
 
-For example to close the ES client as soon as we are done:
+For example to elasticsearch_streams_close the ES client as soon as we are done:
 
 ```js
-ws.on('close', function () {
+ws.on('elasticsearch_streams_close', function () {
   client.close();
 });
 ```
diff --git a/lib/writable-bulk.js b/lib/writable-bulk.js
index e58166c..82ae0e8 100644
--- a/lib/writable-bulk.js
+++ b/lib/writable-bulk.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function WritableBulk(bulkExec, highWaterMark) {
   // Not great. See: https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/5315#issuecomment-16670354
   this.on('finish', function() {
     this._flushBulk(function() {
-      this.emit('close');
+      this.emit('elasticsearch_streams_close');
     }.bind(this));
   }.bind(this));
 }
diff --git a/test/test-write.js b/test/test-write.js
index 6c4bbf2..db7399d 100644
--- a/test/test-write.js
+++ b/test/test-write.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe('When writing', function() {
     ws = new WritableBulk(bulkExec);
     ws.on('error', function(e) {
       err = e;
-    }).on('close', function() {
+    }).on('elasticsearch_streams_close', function() {
       done(err);
     });