doc: correct options for net.Socket class and socket.connect

Xstoudi · aduh95 · commit a3dd30d0e0dc · 2026-01-19T19:19:30.000+01:00
blockList, keepAlive, keepAliveInitialDelay and noDelay are wrongly documented for socket.connect options and missing on net.Socket constructor options documentation Fixes: #59823 PR-URL: #61179 Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Juan José Arboleda <soyjuanarbol@gmail.com>
diff --git a/doc/api/net.md b/doc/api/net.md
@@ -755,8 +755,17 @@ changes:
     automatically end the writable side when the readable side ends. See
     [`net.createServer()`][] and the [`'end'`][] event for details. **Default:**
     `false`.
+  * `blockList` {net.BlockList} `blockList` can be used for disabling outbound
+    access to specific IP addresses, IP ranges, or IP subnets.
   * `fd` {number} If specified, wrap around an existing socket with
     the given file descriptor, otherwise a new socket will be created.
+  * `keepAlive` {boolean} If set to `true`, it enables keep-alive functionality on
+    the socket immediately after the connection is established, similarly on what
+    is done in [`socket.setKeepAlive()`][]. **Default:** `false`.
+  * `keepAliveInitialDelay` {number} If set to a positive number, it sets the
+    initial delay before the first keepalive probe is sent on an idle socket. **Default:** `0`.
+  * `noDelay` {boolean} If set to `true`, it disables the use of Nagle's algorithm
+    immediately after the socket is established. **Default:** `false`.
   * `onread` {Object} If specified, incoming data is stored in a single `buffer`
     and passed to the supplied `callback` when data arrives on the socket.
     This will cause the streaming functionality to not provide any data.
@@ -1119,20 +1128,10 @@ For TCP connections, available `options` are:
   `0` indicates that both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are allowed. **Default:** `0`.
 * `hints` {number} Optional [`dns.lookup()` hints][].
 * `host` {string} Host the socket should connect to. **Default:** `'localhost'`.
-* `keepAlive` {boolean} If set to `true`, it enables keep-alive functionality on
-  the socket immediately after the connection is established, similarly on what
-  is done in [`socket.setKeepAlive()`][]. **Default:** `false`.
-* `keepAliveInitialDelay` {number} If set to a positive number, it sets the
-  initial delay before the first keepalive probe is sent on an idle socket.
-  **Default:** `0`.
 * `localAddress` {string} Local address the socket should connect from.
 * `localPort` {number} Local port the socket should connect from.
 * `lookup` {Function} Custom lookup function. **Default:** [`dns.lookup()`][].
-* `noDelay` {boolean} If set to `true`, it disables the use of Nagle's algorithm
-  immediately after the socket is established. **Default:** `false`.
 * `port` {number} Required. Port the socket should connect to.
-* `blockList` {net.BlockList} `blockList` can be used for disabling outbound
-  access to specific IP addresses, IP ranges, or IP subnets.
 
 For [IPC][] connections, available `options` are:
 
