doc: fix typo in buffer documentation

Fixes #3253.
nodejs · May 11, 2012 · cc8cfb1 · cc8cfb1
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diff --git a/doc/api/buffer.markdown b/doc/api/buffer.markdown
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Allocates a new buffer containing the given `str`.
 
 * `string` String - data to be written to buffer
 * `offset` Number, Optional, Default: 0
-* `length` Number, Optional
+* `length` Number, Optional, Default: `buffer.length - offset`
 * `encoding` String, Optional, Default: 'utf8'
 
 Writes `string` to the buffer at `offset` using the given encoding.
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ next time `buf.write()` is called.
 
 * `encoding` String, Optional, Default: 'utf8'
 * `start` Number, Optional, Default: 0
-* `end` Number, Optional
+* `end` Number, Optional, Default: `buffer.length`
 
 Decodes and returns a string from buffer data encoded with `encoding`
 (defaults to `'utf8'`) beginning at `start` (defaults to `0`) and ending at
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ buffer object.  It does not change when the contents of the buffer are changed.
 * `targetBuffer` Buffer object - Buffer to copy into
 * `targetStart` Number, Optional, Default: 0
 * `sourceStart` Number, Optional, Default: 0
-* `sourceEnd` Number, Optional, Default: 0
+* `sourceEnd` Number, Optional, Default: `buffer.length`
 
 Does copy between buffers. The source and target regions can be overlapped.
 `targetStart` and `sourceStart` default to `0`.
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ into `buf2`, starting at the 8th byte in `buf2`.
 ### buf.slice([start], [end])
 
 * `start` Number, Optional, Default: 0
-* `end` Number, Optional, Default: 0
+* `end` Number, Optional, Default: `buffer.length`
 
 Returns a new buffer which references the same memory as the old, but offset
 and cropped by the `start` (defaults to `0`) and `end` (defaults to