doc: note that buf.buffer's contents might differ

This bit me in a personal project since I had no reason to read the `buf.byteOffset` docs, so point readers there explicitly. PR-URL: #29651 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <[email protected]>
nodejs · Nov 30, 2019 · cbd5026 · cbd5026
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diff --git a/doc/api/buffer.md b/doc/api/buffer.md
@@ -1025,6 +1025,9 @@ console.log(buf.toString('ascii'));
 * {ArrayBuffer} The underlying `ArrayBuffer` object based on
   which this `Buffer` object is created.
 
+This `ArrayBuffer` is not guaranteed to correspond exactly to the original
+`Buffer`. See the notes on `buf.byteOffset` for details.
+
 ```js
 const arrayBuffer = new ArrayBuffer(16);
 const buffer = Buffer.from(arrayBuffer);