diff --git a/doc/api/url.md b/doc/api/url.md
index 7efd85c5130..54c6fbdaf21 100644
--- a/doc/api/url.md
+++ b/doc/api/url.md
@@ -259,6 +259,10 @@ added: v0.1.25
 The `url.parse()` method takes a URL string, parses it, and returns a URL
 object.
 
+A `TypeError` is thrown if `urlString` is not a string.
+
+A `URIError` is thrown if the `auth` property is present but cannot be decoded.
+
 ## url.resolve(from, to)
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.25
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-url-parse-invalid-input.js b/test/parallel/test-url-parse-invalid-input.js
index 17fac57e144..688d48beb6c 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-url-parse-invalid-input.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-url-parse-invalid-input.js
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ const url = require('url');
 ].forEach(function(val) {
   assert.throws(function() { url.parse(val); }, TypeError);
 });
+
+assert.throws(function() { url.parse('http://%E0%A4%A@fail'); }, /^URIError: URI malformed$/);