doc: add additional details about --input-type

shubham9411 · targos · commit b281e98b1ea8 · 2023-12-04T13:32:48.000+01:00
PR-URL: #50796 Fixes: #50781 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Geoffrey Booth <webadmin@geoffreybooth.com>
diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -1072,12 +1072,13 @@ Modules preloaded with `--require` will run before modules preloaded with `--imp
 added: v12.0.0
 -->
 
-This configures Node.js to interpret string input as CommonJS or as an ES
-module. String input is input via `--eval`, `--print`, or `STDIN`.
+This configures Node.js to interpret `--eval` or `STDIN` input as CommonJS or
+as an ES module. Valid values are `"commonjs"` or `"module"`. The default is
+`"commonjs"` unless [`--experimental-default-type=module`][] is used.
 
-Valid values are `"commonjs"` and `"module"`. The default is `"commonjs"`.
-
-The REPL does not support this option.
+The REPL does not support this option. Usage of `--input-type=module` with
+[`--print`][] will throw an error, as `--print` does not support ES module
+syntax.
 
 ### `--insecure-http-parser`
 
@@ -2864,6 +2865,7 @@ done
 [`--import`]: #--importmodule
 [`--openssl-config`]: #--openssl-configfile
 [`--preserve-symlinks`]: #--preserve-symlinks
+[`--print`]: #-p---print-script
 [`--redirect-warnings`]: #--redirect-warningsfile
 [`--require`]: #-r---require-module
 [`Atomics.wait()`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Atomics/wait
