doc: remove "if provided" for optional arguments

Remove "if provided" when discussing arguments that are explicitly indicated to be optional and have default values. PR-URL: #19690 Reviewed-By: Tiancheng "Timothy" Gu <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Trivikram Kamat <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Shingo Inoue <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
nodejs · Dec 4, 2018 · 33b7c50 · 33b7c50
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diff --git a/doc/api/buffer.md b/doc/api/buffer.md
@@ -483,8 +483,8 @@ changes:
 * `string` {string} String to encode.
 * `encoding` {string} The encoding of `string`. **Default:** `'utf8'`.
 
-Creates a new `Buffer` containing `string`. If provided, the `encoding`
-parameter identifies the character encoding of `string`.
+Creates a new `Buffer` containing `string`. The `encoding` parameter identifies
+the character encoding of `string`.
 
 Examples:
 
@@ -891,8 +891,8 @@ added: v5.10.0
 * `string` {string} A string to encode.
 * `encoding` {string} The encoding of `string`. **Default:** `'utf8'`.
 
-Creates a new `Buffer` containing `string`. If provided, the `encoding`
-parameter identifies the character encoding of `string`.
+Creates a new `Buffer` containing `string`. The `encoding` parameter identifies
+the character encoding of `string`.
 
 Examples: