From d4c6b2337d402e5fe81e60cd475e2c75a68a8047 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mandeep Singh <mandeep.singh@zomato.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 11:32:04 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] doc: add docs for AssertionError

Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/12274
---
 doc/api/errors.md | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/api/errors.md b/doc/api/errors.md
index b5869c16d1848c..453b1637698b3d 100644
--- a/doc/api/errors.md
+++ b/doc/api/errors.md
@@ -358,6 +358,18 @@ loop tick.
 System-level errors are generated as augmented `Error` instances, which are
 detailed [here](#errors_system_errors).
 
+## Class: AssertionError
+
+A subclass of `Error` that indicates the failure of an assertion. Such errors
+commonly indicate inequality of actual and expected parameters.
+
+For example:
+
+```js
+assert.equal(1, 2);
+// AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: 1 == 2
+```
+
 ## Class: RangeError
 
 A subclass of `Error` that indicates that a provided argument was not within the

From 3958388d341857878522f6e49db1a7850efb4d21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mandeep Singh <mandeep.singh@zomato.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 19:13:11 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] doc: use strictEqual instead of equal

---
 doc/api/errors.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/api/errors.md b/doc/api/errors.md
index 453b1637698b3d..eabd312c6cd0c7 100644
--- a/doc/api/errors.md
+++ b/doc/api/errors.md
@@ -366,8 +366,8 @@ commonly indicate inequality of actual and expected parameters.
 For example:
 
 ```js
-assert.equal(1, 2);
-// AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: 1 == 2
+assert.strictEqual(1, 2);
+// AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: 1 === 2
 ```
 
 ## Class: RangeError