From 431a1ebb16bf4d6cb4ce5fbc554e903f8ca57bea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "weiran.zsd" <weiran.zsd@alibaba-inc.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 19:06:58 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Docs: no use eslint.linter in code example

`eslint.linter` exists for backwards compatibility, but we do not recommend using it because any mutations to it are shared among every module that uses `eslint`. Instead, please create your own instance of `eslint.Linter`.
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 docs/developer-guide/nodejs-api.md | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/developer-guide/nodejs-api.md b/docs/developer-guide/nodejs-api.md
index a5194004d67..e6df772228c 100644
--- a/docs/developer-guide/nodejs-api.md
+++ b/docs/developer-guide/nodejs-api.md
@@ -586,8 +586,9 @@ Once you have the configuration information, you can pass it into the `linter` o
 
 ```js
 const CLIEngine = require("eslint").CLIEngine,
-    linter = require("eslint").linter;
+    Linter = require("eslint").Linter;
 
+const linter = new Linter();
 const cli = new CLIEngine({
     envs: ["browser", "mocha"],
     useEslintrc: false,