doc: clarify guide on testing internal errors

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/42813
Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Darshan Sen <raisinten@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Mohammed Keyvanzadeh <mohammadkeyvanzade94@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <midawson@redhat.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Akhil Marsonya <akhil.marsonya27@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/contributing/writing-tests.md b/doc/contributing/writing-tests.md
index 6241cb68c96..c24526f0139 100644
--- a/doc/contributing/writing-tests.md
+++ b/doc/contributing/writing-tests.md
@@ -312,6 +312,18 @@ assert.throws(
 );
 ```
 
+In the case of internal errors, prefer checking only the `code` property:
+
+```js
+assert.throws(
+  () => {
+    throw new ERR_FS_FILE_TOO_LARGE(`${sizeKiB} Kb`);
+  },
+  { code: 'ERR_FS_FILE_TOO_LARGE' }
+  // Do not include message: /^File size ([0-9]+ Kb) is greater than 2 GiB$/
+);
+```
+
 ### Console output
 
 Output written by tests to stdout or stderr, such as with `console.log()` or