doc: clarify relation between a file and a module

marzelin · Myles Borins · commit 1ad77adc4436 · 2016-11-17T17:45:08.000-05:00
PR-URL: #9026 Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
diff --git a/doc/api/modules.md b/doc/api/modules.md
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
 <!--name=module-->
 
-Node.js has a simple module loading system.  In Node.js, files and modules are
-in one-to-one correspondence.  As an example, `foo.js` loads the module
-`circle.js` in the same directory.
+Node.js has a simple module loading system.  In Node.js, files and modules
+are in one-to-one correspondence (each file is treated as a separate module).
+As an example, `foo.js` loads the module `circle.js` in the same directory.
 
 The contents of `foo.js`:
 
