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diff --git a/doc/api/repl.md b/doc/api/repl.md index 09fe9ebcbe..60adbf641d 100644 --- a/doc/api/repl.md +++ b/doc/api/repl.md @@ -540,8 +540,10 @@ environment variables: - `NODE_REPL_HISTORY` - When a valid path is given, persistent REPL history will be saved to the specified file rather than `.node_repl_history` in the - user's home directory. Setting this value to `''` will disable persistent - REPL history. Whitespace will be trimmed from the value. + user's home directory. Setting this value to `''` (an empty string) will + disable persistent REPL history. Whitespace will be trimmed from the value. + On Windows platforms environment variables with empty values are invalid so + set this variable to one or more spaces to disable persistent REPL history. - `NODE_REPL_HISTORY_SIZE` - Controls how many lines of history will be persisted if history is available. Must be a positive number. **Default:** `1000`. |