diff --git a/doc/api/projects.md b/doc/api/projects.md
index 27436a052daa2f0413af21d9ffa3e1fb1eb15c06..f96bf7f6d63f0277b176b4e43caa229fdeb2f688 100644
--- a/doc/api/projects.md
+++ b/doc/api/projects.md
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ Parameters:
 ### Get project events
 
 Get the events for the specified project.
-Sorted from newest to latest
+Sorted from newest to oldest
 
 ```
 GET /projects/:id/events
diff --git a/doc/api/users.md b/doc/api/users.md
index 15202010b7b8a01fb5ea0e2277e0f1b0389aaa59..a52b2d51d78118b07e2ef6daebc474ecacbf70a2 100644
--- a/doc/api/users.md
+++ b/doc/api/users.md
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ Will return `200 OK` on success, `404 User Not Found` is user cannot be found or
 
 ### Get user contribution events
 
-Get the contribution events for the specified user, sorted from newest to latest.
+Get the contribution events for the specified user, sorted from newest to oldest.
 
 ```
 GET /users/:id/events
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/users_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/users_spec.rb
index 56b2ec6271e6a0de1c89e3714743af399cff1933..91e54af1209bbb9bbe5c27356d547aa4108c88c1 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/users_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/users_spec.rb
@@ -898,7 +898,6 @@ describe API::API, api: true  do
 
   describe 'GET /user/:id/events' do
     let(:user) { create(:user) }
-    let(:lambda_user) { create(:user) }
     let(:project) { create(:empty_project) }
     let(:note) { create(:note_on_issue, note: 'What an awesome day!', project: project) }
 
@@ -909,7 +908,9 @@ describe API::API, api: true  do
 
     context "as a user than cannot see the event's project" do
       it 'returns no events' do
-        get api("/users/#{user.id}/events", lambda_user)
+        other_user = create(:user)
+
+        get api("/users/#{user.id}/events", other_user)
 
         expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
         expect(json_response).to be_empty