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diff --git a/doc/api/modules.md b/doc/api/modules.md index 8b8a5d6591..e4bd745d7e 100644 --- a/doc/api/modules.md +++ b/doc/api/modules.md @@ -368,11 +368,11 @@ example, then `require('./some-library')` would attempt to load: <!--type=misc--> -If the module identifier passed to `require()` is not a native module, -and does not begin with `'/'`, `'../'`, or `'./'`, then Node.js starts at the -parent directory of the current module, and adds `/node_modules`, and -attempts to load the module from that location. Node will not append -`node_modules` to a path already ending in `node_modules`. +If the module identifier passed to `require()` is not a +[core](#modules_core_modules) module, and does not begin with `'/'`, `'../'`, or +`'./'`, then Node.js starts at the parent directory of the current module, and +adds `/node_modules`, and attempts to load the module from that location. Node +will not append `node_modules` to a path already ending in `node_modules`. If it is not found there, then it moves to the parent directory, and so on, until the root of the file system is reached. |