doc: document fs.createReadStream() encodings

Fixes #2700.
2012-03-24 21:32:32 +00:00 · 2012-03-24 21:32:32 +00:00 · 0dd8e0167d
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@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ Returns a new ReadStream object (See `Readable Stream`).

 `options` can include `start` and `end` values to read a range of bytes from
 the file instead of the entire file.  Both `start` and `end` are inclusive and
-start at 0.
+start at 0. The `encoding` can be `'utf8'`, `'ascii'`, or `'base64'`.

 An example to read the last 10 bytes of a file which is 100 bytes long: