From 1422f43a6b035a785055f125f19bdd81b45f7bc1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 07:11:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] doc: update description of `External`

The previous description did not mention what an `External`
is and instead only provided some hints around what it is not.
Update the description to be more accurate.
---
 doc/api/util.md | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/api/util.md b/doc/api/util.md
index 469bcf2b6455e9..36e995bea7a7b3 100644
--- a/doc/api/util.md
+++ b/doc/api/util.md
@@ -1392,11 +1392,10 @@ added: v10.0.0
 * Returns: {boolean}
 
 Returns `true` if the value is a native `External` value.
-A native `External` value is a special type of object whose
-data is not stored within the JavaScript managed heap
-and does not conform to standard JavaScript types. Such
-objects are created either by Node.js internals or native
-addons and are wrapped by a JavaScript object.
+
+A native `External` value is a special type of object that contains a
+C++ `void*` pointer for access from native code, and has no other properties.
+Such objects are created either by Node.js internals or native addons.
 
 ### `util.types.isFloat32Array(value)`
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From f5fbafeb5b5f5261bfa25d7678c8c2731a07491e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 13:10:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] fixup! doc: update description of `External`

---
 doc/api/util.md | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/api/util.md b/doc/api/util.md
index 36e995bea7a7b3..a15fce2c66cf71 100644
--- a/doc/api/util.md
+++ b/doc/api/util.md
@@ -1394,8 +1394,10 @@ added: v10.0.0
 Returns `true` if the value is a native `External` value.
 
 A native `External` value is a special type of object that contains a
-C++ `void*` pointer for access from native code, and has no other properties.
-Such objects are created either by Node.js internals or native addons.
+raw C++ pointer (`void*`) for access from native code, and has no other
+properties. Such objects are created either by Node.js internals or native
+addons. In JS, they are [frozen][`Object.freeze()`] objects with a `null`
+prototype.
 
 ### `util.types.isFloat32Array(value)`
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@@ -2318,6 +2320,7 @@ util.log('Timestamped message.');
 [`Int8Array`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Int8Array
 [`Map`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map
 [`Object.assign()`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/assign
+[`Object.freeze()`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/freeze
 [`Promise`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise
 [`Proxy`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Proxy
 [`Set`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Set

From eadca9c4c7211068c92ebca044bcdf25b6d86027 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 08:33:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] fixup! doc: update description of `External`

---
 doc/api/util.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/api/util.md b/doc/api/util.md
index a15fce2c66cf71..f2fb69c4ba947e 100644
--- a/doc/api/util.md
+++ b/doc/api/util.md
@@ -1396,8 +1396,8 @@ Returns `true` if the value is a native `External` value.
 A native `External` value is a special type of object that contains a
 raw C++ pointer (`void*`) for access from native code, and has no other
 properties. Such objects are created either by Node.js internals or native
-addons. In JS, they are [frozen][`Object.freeze()`] objects with a `null`
-prototype.
+addons. In JavaScript, they are [frozen][`Object.freeze()`] objects with a
+`null` prototype.
 
 ### `util.types.isFloat32Array(value)`
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