diff --git a/files/en-us/web/api/blob/blob/index.md b/files/en-us/web/api/blob/blob/index.md
index f1559ed3b21c41b..84ad05b46e889d6 100644
--- a/files/en-us/web/api/blob/blob/index.md
+++ b/files/en-us/web/api/blob/blob/index.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ new Blob(array, options)
     object such as an {{jsxref("Array")}}, having {{jsxref("ArrayBuffer")}}s,
     {{jsxref("TypedArray")}}s, {{jsxref("DataView")}}s, {{domxref("Blob")}}s, strings,
     or a mix of any of such elements, that will be put inside the {{domxref("Blob")}}.
-    Note that strings here are encoded as UTF-8, unlike the usual JavaScript UTF-16 strings.
+    Strings should be well-formed Unicode, and lone surrogates are sanitized using the same algorithm as {{jsxref("String.prototype.toWellFormed()")}}.
 
 - `options` {{optional_inline}}
   - : An object which may specify any of the following properties: