doc: document support for package.json fields

Fixes: #33143

Backport-PR-URL: #35757
PR-URL: #34970
Reviewed-By: Guy Bedford <guybedford@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Geoffrey Booth <webmaster@geoffreybooth.com>
Reviewed-By: Trivikram Kamat <trivikr.dev@gmail.com>

doc/api/errors.md

@@ -1357,13 +1357,13 @@ An invalid or unknown file encoding was passed.
 <a id="ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_CONFIG"></a>
 ### `ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_CONFIG`
 
-An invalid `package.json` file was found which failed parsing.
+An invalid [`package.json`][] file was found which failed parsing.
 
 <a id="ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_TARGET"></a>
 ### `ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_TARGET`
 
-The `package.json` [exports][] field contains an invalid target mapping value
-for the attempted module resolution.
+The `package.json` [`"exports"`][] field contains an invalid target mapping
+value for the attempted module resolution.
 
 <a id="ERR_INVALID_PERFORMANCE_MARK"></a>
 ### `ERR_INVALID_PERFORMANCE_MARK`
@@ -1686,13 +1686,13 @@ A given value is out of the accepted range.
 <a id="ERR_PACKAGE_IMPORT_NOT_DEFINED"></a>
 ### `ERR_PACKAGE_IMPORT_NOT_DEFINED`
 
-The `package.json` ["imports" field][] does not define the given internal
+The `package.json` [`"imports"`][] field does not define the given internal
 package specifier mapping.
 
 <a id="ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED"></a>
 ### `ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED`
 
-The `package.json` [exports][] field does not export the requested subpath.
+The `package.json` [`"exports"`][] field does not export the requested subpath.
 Because exports are encapsulated, private internal modules that are not exported
 cannot be imported through the package resolution, unless using an absolute URL.
 
@@ -2057,7 +2057,7 @@ signal (such as [`subprocess.kill()`][]).
 
 `import` a directory URL is unsupported. Instead,
 [self-reference a package using its name][] and [define a custom subpath][] in
-the `"exports"` field of the `package.json` file.
+the [`"exports"`][] field of the [`package.json`][] file.
 
 <!-- eslint-skip -->
 ```js
@@ -2529,7 +2529,8 @@ closed.
 [crypto digest algorithm]: crypto.html#crypto_crypto_gethashes
 [domains]: domain.html
 [event emitter-based]: events.html#events_class_eventemitter
-[exports]: packages.html#packages_package_entry_points
+[`package.json`]: packages.html#packages_node_js_package_json_field_definitions
+[`"exports"`]: packages.html#packages_exports
 [file descriptors]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_descriptor
 [policy]: policy.html
 [stream-based]: stream.html
@@ -2539,4 +2540,4 @@ closed.
 [vm]: vm.html
 [self-reference a package using its name]: packages.html#packages_self_referencing_a_package_using_its_name
 [define a custom subpath]: packages.html#packages_subpath_exports
-["imports" field]: packages.html#packages_internal_package_imports
+[`"imports"`]: packages.html#packages_imports

doc/api/esm.md

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ specifier resolution, and default behavior.
 
 Node.js treats JavaScript code as CommonJS modules by default.
 Authors can tell Node.js to treat JavaScript code as ECMAScript modules
-via the `.mjs` file extension, the `package.json` `"type"` field, or the
+via the `.mjs` file extension, the `package.json` [`"type"`][] field, or the
 `--input-type` flag. See
 [Modules: Packages](packages.html#packages_determining_module_system) for more
 details.
@@ -260,9 +260,9 @@ can either be an URL-style relative path like `'./file.mjs'` or a package name
 like `'fs'`.
 
 Like in CommonJS, files within packages can be accessed by appending a path to
-the package name; unless the package’s `package.json` contains an `"exports"`
-field, in which case files within packages need to be accessed via the path
-defined in `"exports"`.
+the package name; unless the package’s [`package.json`][] contains an
+[`"exports"`][] field, in which case files within packages need to be accessed
+via the path defined in [`"exports"`][].
 
 ```js
 import { sin, cos } from 'geometry/trigonometry-functions.mjs';
@@ -1223,3 +1223,6 @@ success!
 [6.1.7 Array Index]: https://tc39.es/ecma262/#integer-index
 [Top-Level Await]: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-top-level-await
 [Core modules]: modules.html#modules_core_modules
+[`package.json`]: packages.html#packages_node_js_package_json_field_definitions
+[`"exports"`]: packages.html#packages_exports
+[`"type"`]: packages.html#packages_type

doc/api/modules.md

@@ -391,8 +391,8 @@ directories, and then provide a single entry point to those directories.
 There are three ways in which a folder may be passed to `require()` as
 an argument.
 
-The first is to create a `package.json` file in the root of the folder,
-which specifies a `main` module. An example `package.json` file might
+The first is to create a [`package.json`][] file in the root of the folder,
+which specifies a `main` module. An example [`package.json`][] file might
 look like this:
 
 ```json
@@ -406,10 +406,10 @@ If this was in a folder at `./some-library`, then
 
 This is the extent of the awareness of `package.json` files within Node.js.
 
-If there is no `package.json` file present in the directory, or if the
-`'main'` entry is missing or cannot be resolved, then Node.js
+If there is no [`package.json`][] file present in the directory, or if the
+[`"main"`][] entry is missing or cannot be resolved, then Node.js
 will attempt to load an `index.js` or `index.node` file out of that
-directory. For example, if there was no `package.json` file in the above
+directory. For example, if there was no [`package.json`][] file in the previous
 example, then `require('./some-library')` would attempt to load:
 
 * `./some-library/index.js`
@@ -1154,3 +1154,5 @@ consists of the following keys:
 [`Error.prepareStackTrace(error, trace)`]: https://v8.dev/docs/stack-trace-api#customizing-stack-traces
 [`SourceMap`]: modules.html#modules_class_module_sourcemap
 [Source map v3 format]: https://sourcemaps.info/spec.html#h.mofvlxcwqzej
+[`package.json`]: packages.html#packages_node_js_package_json_field_definitions
+[`"main"`]: packages.html#packages_main