diff --git a/doc/api/dgram.md b/doc/api/dgram.md index 26e01f100258f0..3fa7f6472f096c 100644 --- a/doc/api/dgram.md +++ b/doc/api/dgram.md @@ -343,7 +343,9 @@ used when using `dgram.Socket` objects with the [`cluster`][] module. When `exclusive` is set to `false` (the default), cluster workers will use the same underlying socket handle allowing connection handling duties to be shared. When `exclusive` is `true`, however, the handle is not shared and attempted -port sharing results in an error. +port sharing results in an error. Creating a `dgram.Socket` with the `reusePort` +option set to `true` causes `exclusive` to always be `true` when `socket.bind()` +is called. A bound datagram socket keeps the Node.js process running to receive datagram messages. @@ -916,6 +918,9 @@ chained.