doc: add internal functionality details of util.inherits

PR-URL: #24755 Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <joyeec9h3@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
nodejs · Dec 5, 2018 · 89740a4 · 89740a4
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@@ -332,6 +332,8 @@ Inherit the prototype methods from one [constructor][] into another. The
 prototype of `constructor` will be set to a new object created from
 `superConstructor`.
 
+This mainly adds some input validation on top of
+`Object.setPrototypeOf(constructor.prototype, superConstructor.prototype)`.
 As an additional convenience, `superConstructor` will be accessible
 through the `constructor.super_` property.