doc: document that server.address() can return null

PR-URL: #32519 Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Evan Lucas <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <[email protected]>
nodejs · Apr 11, 2020 · 31b2cbb · 31b2cbb
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@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Emitted when the server has been bound after calling [`server.listen()`][].
 added: v0.1.90
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-* Returns: {Object|string}
+* Returns: {Object|string|null}
 
 Returns the bound `address`, the address `family` name, and `port` of the server
 as reported by the operating system if listening on an IP socket
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ server.listen(() => {
 });
 ```
 
-Don't call `server.address()` until the `'listening'` event has been emitted.
+`server.address()` returns `null` before the `'listening'` event has been
+emitted or after calling `server.close()`.
 
 ### `server.close([callback])`
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