lib: fix isReadable and isWritable return type value

joaoGabriel55 · richardlau · commit f291eda277a2 · 2025-09-20T06:17:07.000Z
PR-URL: #59089 Fixes: #59006 Reviewed-By: Robert Nagy <ronagy@icloud.com> Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Edy Silva <edigleyssonsilva@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Ethan Arrowood <ethan@arrowood.dev> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Mattias Buelens <mattias@buelens.com> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
diff --git a/doc/api/stream.md b/doc/api/stream.md
@@ -3056,10 +3056,17 @@ changes:
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 * `stream` {Readable|Duplex|ReadableStream}
-* Returns: {boolean}
+* Returns: {boolean|null} - Only returns `null` if `stream` is not a valid `Readable`, `Duplex` or `ReadableStream`.
 
 Returns whether the stream is readable.
 
+### `stream.isWritable(stream)`
+
+* `stream` {Writable|Duplex|WritableStream}
+* Returns: {boolean|null} - Only returns `null` if `stream` is not a valid `Writable`, `Duplex` or `WritableStream`.
+
+Returns whether the stream is writable.
+
 ### `stream.Readable.from(iterable[, options])`
 
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