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Expand Up @@ -414,8 +414,9 @@ hexadecimal string format.

This properly handles multi-byte characters that would otherwise be
potentially mangled if you simply pulled the Buffers directly and
called `buf.toString(encoding)` on them. If you want to read the data
as strings, always use this method.
called `buf.toString(encoding)` on them. Also you can disable
any encoding at all with `readable.setEncoding(null)`.
If you want to read the data as strings, always use this method.

```javascript
var readable = getReadableStreamSomehow();
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