docs: modify misleading doc about package.json:bin (#5529)

Hafizur046 · web-flow · commit 19762b4ac4b1 · 2022-09-21T13:09:24.000-07:00
docs: modify Misleading doc about bins closes #3788
diff --git a/docs/content/configuring-npm/package-json.md b/docs/content/configuring-npm/package-json.md
@@ -339,12 +339,14 @@ install into the PATH. npm makes this pretty easy (in fact, it uses this
 feature to install the "npm" executable.)
 
 To use this, supply a `bin` field in your package.json which is a map of
-command name to local file name. When this package is installed
-globally, that file will be linked where global bins go so it is
-available to run by name.  When this package is installed as a
-dependency in another package, the file will be linked where it will be
-available to that package either directly by `npm exec` or by name in other
-scripts when invoking them via `npm run-script`.
+command name to local file name. When this package is installed globally,
+that file will be either linked inside the global bins directory or
+a cmd (Windows Command File) will be created which executes the specified 
+file in the `bin` field, so it is available to run by `name` or `name.cmd` (on
+Windows PowerShell). When this package is installed as a dependency in another 
+package, the file will be linked where it will be available to that package
+either directly by `npm exec` or by name in other scripts when invoking them 
+via `npm run-script`.
 
 
 For example, myapp could have this:
@@ -357,8 +359,10 @@ For example, myapp could have this:
 }
 ```
 
-So, when you install myapp, it'll create a symlink from the `cli.js` script
-to `/usr/local/bin/myapp`.
+So, when you install myapp, in case of unix-like OS it'll create a symlink 
+from the `cli.js` script to `/usr/local/bin/myapp` and in case of windows it 
+will create a cmd file usually at `C:\Users\{Username}\AppData\Roaming\npm\myapp.cmd`
+which runs the `cli.js` script. 
 
 If you have a single executable, and its name should be the name of the
 package, then you can just supply it as a string.  For example:
