doc: add a note to buf.fill() description

PR-URL: #25547 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Anto Aravinth <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
nodejs · Jan 23, 2019 · 10bff7a · 10bff7a
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diff --git a/doc/api/buffer.md b/doc/api/buffer.md
@@ -1238,7 +1238,9 @@ console.log(b.toString());
 // Prints: hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
 ```
 
-`value` is coerced to a `uint32` value if it is not a string or integer.
+`value` is coerced to a `uint32` value if it is not a string, `Buffer`, or
+integer. If the resulting integer is greater than `255` (decimal), `buf` will be
+filled with `0`.
 
 If the final write of a `fill()` operation falls on a multi-byte character,
 then only the bytes of that character that fit into `buf` are written: