diff --git a/types/react-native/index.d.ts b/types/react-native/index.d.ts
index 2cca4ed77c..c049c2aa5f 100644
--- a/types/react-native/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/react-native/index.d.ts
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ interface EventEmitter extends EventEmitterListener {
      *
      *   emitter.emit('someEvent', 'abc'); // logs 'abc'
      */
-    emit(eventType: string,...param:any[]): void
+    emit(eventType: string, ...params: any[]): void
 
     /**
      * Removes the given listener for event of specific type.