doc: adjust wording to eliminate awkward typography

PR-URL: #45398 Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Jacob Smith <[email protected]>
nodejs · Jan 3, 2023 · c6b89ab · c6b89ab
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@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ By default, Node.js will treat the following as CommonJS modules:
 * Files with an extension that is not `.mjs`, `.cjs`, `.json`, `.node`, or `.js`
   (when the nearest parent `package.json` file contains a top-level field
   [`"type"`][] with a value of `"module"`, those files will be recognized as
-  CommonJS modules only if they are being `require`d, not when used as the
-  command-line entry point of the program).
+  CommonJS modules only if they are being included via `require()`, not when
+  used as the command-line entry point of the program).
 
 See [Determining module system][] for more details.