doc: add note about timingSafeEqual for TypedArray

PR-URL: #36323
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <[email protected]>

Author: tniessen

doc/api/crypto.md

@@ -3068,7 +3068,11 @@ comparing HMAC digests or secret values like authentication cookies or
 [capability urls](https://www.w3.org/TR/capability-urls/).
 
 `a` and `b` must both be `Buffer`s, `TypedArray`s, or `DataView`s, and they
-must have the same length.
+must have the same byte length.
+
+If at least one of `a` and `b` is a `TypedArray` with more than one byte per
+entry, such as `Uint16Array`, the result will be computed using the platform
+byte order.
 
 Use of `crypto.timingSafeEqual` does not guarantee that the *surrounding* code
 is timing-safe. Care should be taken to ensure that the surrounding code does