doc: clarify symlink resolution for __filename

Make it more explicit that symlinks are resolved in `__filename`. Refs: #22602 (comment) PR-URL: #24587 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <vsemozhetbyt@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
nodejs · Nov 28, 2018 · 5a47c2e7d34521680a04831046f0322c6d4b5722 · 5a47c2e
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 * {string}
 
-The file name of the current module. This is the resolved absolute path of the
-current module file.
+The file name of the current module. This is the current module file's absolute
+path with symlinks resolved.
 
 For a main program this is not necessarily the same as the file name used in the
 command line.