doc: correct note on behavior of stats.isDirectory

PR-URL: #50946 Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Daijiro Wachi <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
nodejs · Jan 2, 2024 · e636d83 · e636d83
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@@ -6968,8 +6968,9 @@ added: v0.1.10
 
 Returns `true` if the {fs.Stats} object describes a file system directory.
 
-If the {fs.Stats} object was obtained from [`fs.lstat()`][], this method will
-always return `false`. This is because [`fs.lstat()`][] returns information
+If the {fs.Stats} object was obtained from calling [`fs.lstat()`][] on a
+symbolic link which resolves to a directory, this method will return `false`.
+This is because [`fs.lstat()`][] returns information
 about a symbolic link itself and not the path it resolves to.
 
 #### `stats.isFIFO()`