doc: correct tls.rootCertificates to match implementation

Update tls.rootCertificates documentation to clarify that it returns the bundled Node.js root certificates rather than the root certificates used by tls.createSecureContext. Fixes: #32074 Refs: #32229 PR-URL: #33313 Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
nodejs · Jun 18, 2020 · 34c26df · 34c26df
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@@ -1789,8 +1789,10 @@ added: v12.3.0
 * {string[]}
 
 An immutable array of strings representing the root certificates (in PEM format)
-used for verifying peer certificates. This is the default value of the `ca`
-option to [`tls.createSecureContext()`][].
+from the bundled Mozilla CA store as supplied by current Node.js version.
+
+The bundled CA store, as supplied by Node.js, is a snapshot of Mozilla CA store
+that is fixed at release time. It is identical on all supported platforms.
 
 ## `tls.DEFAULT_ECDH_CURVE`
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