Add useGlobal flag for standard node repl

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/api/repl.markdown b/doc/api/repl.markdown
index c0b9789e1..1b8ce246a 100644
--- a/doc/api/repl.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/repl.markdown
@@ -27,12 +27,15 @@ For example, you could add this to your bashrc file:
     alias node="env NODE_NO_READLINE=1 rlwrap node"
 
 
-### repl.start(prompt='> ', stream=process.stdin, eval=eval)
+### repl.start(prompt='> ', stream=process.stdin, eval=eval, useGlobal=false)
 
 Starts a REPL with `prompt` as the prompt and `stream` for all I/O.  `prompt`
 is optional and defaults to `> `.  `stream` is optional and defaults to
 `process.stdin`. `eval` is optional too and defaults to async wrapper for `eval`.
 
+If `useGlobal` is set to true, then the repl will use the global object,
+instead of running scripts in a separate context.
+
 You can use your own `eval` function if it has following signature:
 
     function eval(cmd, callback) {