doc: fix (EC)DHE remark in TLS docs

It is not true that all TLS 1.3 cipher suites use ECDH. TLS 1.3 allows DH over finite fields instead of elliptic curves. Also, the key exchange mechanism is independent of the cipher suite in TLS 1.3. PR-URL: #46114 Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
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@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ not required and a default ECDHE curve will be used. The `ecdhCurve` property
 can be used when creating a TLS Server to specify the list of names of supported
 curves to use, see [`tls.createServer()`][] for more info.
 
-Perfect forward secrecy was optional up to TLSv1.2, but it is not optional for
-TLSv1.3, because all TLSv1.3 cipher suites use ECDHE.
+Perfect forward secrecy was optional up to TLSv1.2. As of TLSv1.3, (EC)DHE is
+always used (with the exception of PSK-only connections).
 
 ### ALPN and SNI