From 8cc9ac0df2859fa53592d77d47454e4797010e87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AJ ONeal <coolaj86@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 12:49:29 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] added explanation of `exports`

Fixes #1075.
---
 doc/api/globals.markdown | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/api/globals.markdown b/doc/api/globals.markdown
index d2678fd8c8..f5c353b2fb 100644
--- a/doc/api/globals.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/globals.markdown
@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@ A reference to the current module. In particular
 for more information.
 `module` isn't actually a global but rather local to each module.
 
+
+### exports
+
+An object which is shared between all instances of the current module and
+made accessible through `require()`.
+`exports` is the same as the `module.exports` object. See `src/node.js`
+for more information.
+`exports` isn't actually a global but rather local to each module.
+
 ### setTimeout(cb, ms)
 ### clearTimeout(t)
 ### setInterval(cb, ms)