doc: add text about error.code stability

Fixes: #23975 PR-URL: #24090 Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <[email protected]>
nodejs · Dec 3, 2018 · 5fae450 · 5fae450
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 * {string}
 
 The `error.code` property is a string label that identifies the kind of error.
-See [Node.js Error Codes][] for details about specific codes.
+`error.code` is the most stable way to identify an error. It will only change between major versions of Node.js. In contrast, `error.message` strings may change between any versions of Node.js. See [Node.js Error Codes][] for details about specific codes.
 
 ### error.message