doc: fix ambiguity in http.md and https.md

PR-URL: #48692 Fixes: #48688 Reviewed-By: Robert Nagy <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Marco Ippolito <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <[email protected]>
nodejs · Jul 13, 2023 · 69b55d2 · 69b55d2
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diff --git a/doc/api/http.md b/doc/api/http.md
@@ -3351,14 +3351,13 @@ changes:
 
 * `url` {string | URL}
 * `options` {Object} Accepts the same `options` as
-  [`http.request()`][], with the `method` always set to `GET`.
-  Properties that are inherited from the prototype are ignored.
+  [`http.request()`][], with the method set to GET by default.
 * `callback` {Function}
 * Returns: {http.ClientRequest}
 
 Since most requests are GET requests without bodies, Node.js provides this
 convenience method. The only difference between this method and
-[`http.request()`][] is that it sets the method to GET and calls `req.end()`
+[`http.request()`][] is that it sets the method to GET by default and calls `req.end()`
 automatically. The callback must take care to consume the response
 data for reasons stated in [`http.ClientRequest`][] section.
 

diff --git a/doc/api/https.md b/doc/api/https.md
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ changes:
 
 * `url` {string | URL}
 * `options` {Object | string | URL} Accepts the same `options` as
-  [`https.request()`][], with the `method` always set to `GET`.
+  [`https.request()`][], with the method set to GET by default.
 * `callback` {Function}
 
 Like [`http.get()`][] but for HTTPS.