doc: fix Folders as Modules omission of index.json

This section was inconsistent with the actual behavior of `require` and with other parts of this same document, which do describe the ability to treat index.json as a module’s default file. PR-URL: #8868 Reviewed-By: jasnell - James M Snell <[email protected]>
nodejs · Aug 29, 2015 · 62c8948 · 62c8948
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@@ -197,12 +197,13 @@ If this was in a folder at `./some-library`, then
 
 This is the extent of Node's awareness of package.json files.
 
-If there is no package.json file present in the directory, then node
-will attempt to load an `index.js` or `index.node` file out of that
+If there is no package.json file present in the directory, then node will
+attempt to load an `index.js`, `index.json`, or `index.node` file out of that
 directory.  For example, if there was no package.json file in the above
 example, then `require('./some-library')` would attempt to load:
 
 * `./some-library/index.js`
+* `./some-library/index.json`
 * `./some-library/index.node`
 
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