diff --git a/src/display/api.js b/src/display/api.js
index bedb94033..10d2e574c 100644
--- a/src/display/api.js
+++ b/src/display/api.js
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ function setPDFNetworkStreamFactory(pdfNetworkStreamFactory) {
  * } TypedArray
  */
 
+/**
+ * @typedef { TypedArray | ArrayBuffer | Array<number> | string } BinaryData
+ */
+
 /**
  * @typedef {Object} RefProxy
  * @property {number} num
@@ -127,10 +131,10 @@ function setPDFNetworkStreamFactory(pdfNetworkStreamFactory) {
  * Document initialization / loading parameters object.
  *
  * @typedef {Object} DocumentInitParameters
- * @property {string|URL} [url] - The URL of the PDF.
- * @property {TypedArray|Array<number>|string} [data] - Binary PDF data. Use
- *    typed arrays (Uint8Array) to improve the memory usage. If PDF data is
- *    BASE64-encoded, use `atob()` to convert it to a binary string first.
+ * @property {string | URL} [url] - The URL of the PDF.
+ * @property {BinaryData} [data] - Binary PDF data.
+ *   Use typed arrays (Uint8Array) to improve the memory usage. If PDF data is
+ *   BASE64-encoded, use `atob()` to convert it to a binary string first.
  * @property {Object} [httpHeaders] - Basic authentication headers.
  * @property {boolean} [withCredentials] - Indicates whether or not
  *   cross-site Access-Control requests should be made using credentials such
@@ -217,6 +221,12 @@ function setPDFNetworkStreamFactory(pdfNetworkStreamFactory) {
  *   (see `web/debugger.js`). The default value is `false`.
  */
 
+/**
+ * @typedef { string | URL | TypedArray | ArrayBuffer |
+ *            PDFDataRangeTransport | DocumentInitParameters
+ * } GetDocumentParameters
+ */
+
 /**
  * This is the main entry point for loading a PDF and interacting with it.
  *
@@ -224,7 +234,7 @@ function setPDFNetworkStreamFactory(pdfNetworkStreamFactory) {
  * XHR as fallback) is used, which means it must follow same origin rules,
  * e.g. no cross-domain requests without CORS.
  *
- * @param {string|URL|TypedArray|PDFDataRangeTransport|DocumentInitParameters}
+ * @param {GetDocumentParameters}
  *   src - Can be a URL where a PDF file is located, a typed array (Uint8Array)
  *         already populated with data, or a parameter object.
  * @returns {PDFDocumentLoadingTask}
@@ -243,7 +253,7 @@ function getDocument(src) {
     if (typeof src !== "object") {
       throw new Error(
         "Invalid parameter in getDocument, " +
-          "need either string, URL, Uint8Array, or parameter object."
+          "need either string, URL, TypedArray, or parameter object."
       );
     }
     if (!src.url && !src.data && !src.range) {
@@ -308,7 +318,7 @@ function getDocument(src) {
           params[key] = new Uint8Array(value);
         } else {
           throw new Error(
-            "Invalid PDF binary data: either typed array, " +
+            "Invalid PDF binary data: either TypedArray, " +
               "string, or array-like object is expected in the data property."
           );
         }
diff --git a/test/unit/api_spec.js b/test/unit/api_spec.js
index 3518702df..0caf0c2e1 100644
--- a/test/unit/api_spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/api_spec.js
@@ -170,12 +170,13 @@ describe("api", function () {
       expect(true).toEqual(true);
     });
 
-    it("creates pdf doc from typed array", async function () {
+    it("creates pdf doc from TypedArray", async function () {
       const typedArrayPdf = await DefaultFileReaderFactory.fetch({
         path: TEST_PDFS_PATH + basicApiFileName,
       });
 
       // Sanity check to make sure that we fetched the entire PDF file.
+      expect(typedArrayPdf instanceof Uint8Array).toEqual(true);
       expect(typedArrayPdf.length).toEqual(basicApiFileLength);
 
       const loadingTask = getDocument(typedArrayPdf);
@@ -196,6 +197,33 @@ describe("api", function () {
       await loadingTask.destroy();
     });
 
+    it("creates pdf doc from ArrayBuffer", async function () {
+      const { buffer: arrayBufferPdf } = await DefaultFileReaderFactory.fetch({
+        path: TEST_PDFS_PATH + basicApiFileName,
+      });
+
+      // Sanity check to make sure that we fetched the entire PDF file.
+      expect(arrayBufferPdf instanceof ArrayBuffer).toEqual(true);
+      expect(arrayBufferPdf.byteLength).toEqual(basicApiFileLength);
+
+      const loadingTask = getDocument(arrayBufferPdf);
+      expect(loadingTask instanceof PDFDocumentLoadingTask).toEqual(true);
+
+      const progressReportedCapability = createPromiseCapability();
+      loadingTask.onProgress = function (data) {
+        progressReportedCapability.resolve(data);
+      };
+
+      const data = await Promise.all([
+        loadingTask.promise,
+        progressReportedCapability.promise,
+      ]);
+      expect(data[0] instanceof PDFDocumentProxy).toEqual(true);
+      expect(data[1].loaded / data[1].total).toEqual(1);
+
+      await loadingTask.destroy();
+    });
+
     it("creates pdf doc from invalid PDF file", async function () {
       // A severely corrupt PDF file (even Adobe Reader fails to open it).
       const loadingTask = getDocument(buildGetDocumentParams("bug1020226.pdf"));
@@ -441,7 +469,7 @@ describe("api", function () {
       }
     );
 
-    it("creates pdf doc from empty typed array", async function () {
+    it("creates pdf doc from empty TypedArray", async function () {
       const loadingTask = getDocument(new Uint8Array(0));
       expect(loadingTask instanceof PDFDocumentLoadingTask).toEqual(true);