From 745709396c04d1d12bfc1c2a1c3e7b21bab8911d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 05:04:17 -0200
Subject: [PATCH] doc: improve .throws RegExp info

It was not clear why the error name is actually also tested for when
using a regular expression. This is now clarified.

Backport-PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19230
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17585
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Evan Lucas <evanlucas@me.com>
---
 doc/api/assert.md | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/api/assert.md b/doc/api/assert.md
index 1bbb2c1f367027..5e4d0e75f53e60 100644
--- a/doc/api/assert.md
+++ b/doc/api/assert.md
@@ -738,12 +738,15 @@ assert.throws(
 
 Validate error message using [`RegExp`][]:
 
+Using a regular expression runs `.toString` on the error object, and will
+therefore also include the error name.
+
 ```js
 assert.throws(
   () => {
     throw new Error('Wrong value');
   },
-  /value/
+  /^Error: Wrong value$/
 );
 ```