diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4c571f27..35854db1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ Note that these are pseudo instructions enabling Binaryen to reason about multip
 
 #### [Exception handling operations](https://github.com/WebAssembly/exception-handling/blob/master/proposals/Exceptions.md) 🦄
 
-* Module#**try**(name: `string`, body: `ExpressionRef`, catchTags: `string[]`, catchBodies: `ExpressionRef[]`, delegateTarget?: `string`): `ExpressionRef`
+* Module#**try**(name: `string | null`, body: `ExpressionRef`, catchTags: `string[]`, catchBodies: `ExpressionRef[]`, delegateTarget?: `string`): `ExpressionRef`
 * Module#**throw**(tag: `string`, operands: `ExpressionRef[]`): `ExpressionRef`
 * Module#**rethrow**(target: `string`): `ExpressionRef`
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diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index b2798b12..697a59a1 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -1711,7 +1711,7 @@ declare module binaryen {
       getBody(func: FunctionRef): ExpressionRef;
       setBody(func: FunctionRef, bodyExpr: ExpressionRef): void;
     };
-    try(name: string, body: ExpressionRef, catchTags: string[], catchBodies: ExpressionRef[], delegateTarget?: string): ExpressionRef;
+    try(name: string | null, body: ExpressionRef, catchTags: string[], catchBodies: ExpressionRef[], delegateTarget?: string): ExpressionRef;
     throw(tag: string, operands: ExpressionRef[]): ExpressionRef;
     rethrow(target: string): ExpressionRef;
     select(condition: ExpressionRef, ifTrue: ExpressionRef, ifFalse: ExpressionRef): ExpressionRef;