doc: edit module introduction

Trott · gibfahn · commit c24fafa8812a · 2017-12-20T00:36:53.000Z
The module introduction includes some uninformative text and some repetitive text. Edit for clarity and brevity. PR-URL: #17463 Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com> Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de> Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <riclau@uk.ibm.com> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Daniel Bevenius <daniel.bevenius@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Jon Moss <me@jonathanmoss.me> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
diff --git a/doc/api/modules.md b/doc/api/modules.md
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@
 
 <!--name=module-->
 
-Node.js has a simple module loading system.  In Node.js, files and modules
-are in one-to-one correspondence (each file is treated as a separate module).
-
-As an example, consider a file named `foo.js`:
+In the Node.js module system, each file is treated as a separate module. For
+example, consider a file named `foo.js`:
 
 ```js
 const circle = require('./circle.js');
