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5 changes: 2 additions & 3 deletions doc/api/buffer.md
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Expand Up @@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ The following legacy character encodings are also supported:
better choice when encoding or decoding ASCII-only text. It is only provided
for legacy compatibility.

* `'binary'`: Alias for `'latin1'`. See [binary strings][] for more background
on this topic. The name of this encoding can be very misleading, as all of the
* `'binary'`: Alias for `'latin1'`.
The name of this encoding can be very misleading, as all of the
encodings listed here convert between strings and binary data. For converting
between strings and `Buffer`s, typically `'utf8'` is the right choice.

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[`util.inspect()`]: util.md#utilinspectobject-options
[`v8::TypedArray::kMaxLength`]: https://v8.github.io/api/head/classv8_1_1TypedArray.html#a54a48f4373da0850663c4393d843b9b0
[base64url]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4648#section-5
[binary strings]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/DOMString/Binary
[endianness]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness
[iterator]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Iteration_protocols