Documentation update about Buffer initialization

fixes #7230 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]> PR-URL: #25565
nodejs · Jun 26, 2015 · 70efdf3 · 70efdf3 · trevnorris · Jun 26, 2015
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@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ It can be constructed in a variety of ways.
 
 Allocates a new buffer of `size` octets. Note, `size` must be no more than
 [kMaxLength](smalloc.html#smalloc_smalloc_kmaxlength). Otherwise, a `RangeError`
-will be thrown here.
+will be thrown here. Unlike `ArrayBuffers`, the underlying memory for buffers is not initialized. So the contents of a newly created `Buffer` is unknown. Use `buf.fill(0)`to initialize a buffer to zeroes.
 
 ### new Buffer(array)