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@@ -775,6 +775,10 @@ on Unix systems, it never was.
Returns a new ReadStream object (See `Readable Stream`).
+Be aware that, unlike the default value set for `highWaterMark` on a
+readable stream (16kB), the stream returned by this method has a
+default value of 64kB for the same parameter.
+
`options` is an object with the following defaults:
{ flags: 'r',