doc: clarify ambiguous rdev description

Trott · MylesBorins · commit 05a69e2e8807 · 2020-07-16T17:08:57.000-04:00
Replace "is considered 'special'" with "represents a device". The latter is more clear and is derived from the stat() man page. The former is also derived from the man page, but is ambiguous because: * "considered" introduces doubt. Is it, or isn't it? * "special" is never defined. "represents a device" communicates more meaning. * "special" is in scare-quotes, introducing more doubt as to what exactly it means. Refs: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/fstat.2.html PR-URL: #34094 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Ujjwal Sharma <ryzokuken@disroot.org>
diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ The numeric group identifier of the group that owns the file (POSIX).
 
 * {number|bigint}
 
-A numeric device identifier if the file is considered "special".
+A numeric device identifier if the file represents a device.
 
 ### `stats.size`
 
