From b76f55689d04a7f26921b54bc56a4f647fef713d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:50:01 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] doc: document the NO_COLOR and FORCE_COLOR env vars

Signed-off-by: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/37404
---
 doc/api/cli.md                  | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 lib/internal/main/print_help.js |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
index 70cb69cd54a451..12ffd954f0e780 100644
--- a/doc/api/cli.md
+++ b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -1257,6 +1257,19 @@ Print node's version.
 
 ## Environment variables
 
+### `FORCE_COLOR=[1, 2, 3]`
+
+The `FORCE_COLOR` environment variable was first introduced by modules in
+the Node.js ecosystem before being introduced into Node.js. It is used to
+enable ANSI colorized output. The value may be:
+
+* `1` or `true` to indicate 16-color support,
+* `2` to indicate 256-color support, or
+* `3` to indicate 16 million-color support.
+
+When `FORCE_COLOR` is used and set to a supported value, both the `NO_COLOR`,
+and `NODE_DISABLE_COLORS` environment variables are ignored.
+
 ### `NODE_DEBUG=module[,…]`
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.32
@@ -1602,6 +1615,12 @@ and the line lengths of the source file (in the key `lineLengths`).
 }
 ```
 
+### `NO_COLOR=1`
+
+The [`NO_COLOR`][] environment variable is an informal standard supported by
+growing number of applications for disabling ANSI color escape codes. Within
+Node.js, `NO_COLOR` is an alias for `NODE_DISABLE_COLORS`.
+
 ### `OPENSSL_CONF=file`
 <!-- YAML
 added: v6.11.0
@@ -1697,6 +1716,7 @@ $ node --max-old-space-size=1536 index.js
 [`Buffer`]: buffer.md#buffer_class_buffer
 [`CRYPTO_secure_malloc_init`]: https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.1.0/man3/CRYPTO_secure_malloc_init.html
 [`NODE_OPTIONS`]: #cli_node_options_options
+[`NO_COLOR`]: https://no-color.org
 [`SlowBuffer`]: buffer.md#buffer_class_slowbuffer
 [`process.setUncaughtExceptionCaptureCallback()`]: process.md#process_process_setuncaughtexceptioncapturecallback_fn
 [`tls.DEFAULT_MAX_VERSION`]: tls.md#tls_tls_default_max_version
diff --git a/lib/internal/main/print_help.js b/lib/internal/main/print_help.js
index e3d7e68fa64846..e43bcaead89ca0 100644
--- a/lib/internal/main/print_help.js
+++ b/lib/internal/main/print_help.js
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ for (const key of ObjectKeys(types))
 // so we gather the documentation here.
 const { hasIntl, hasSmallICU, hasNodeOptions } = internalBinding('config');
 const envVars = new SafeMap(ArrayPrototypeConcat([
+  ['FORCE_COLOR', { helpText: "when set to 'true', 1, 2, or 3, causes " +
+   'NO_COLOR and NODE_DISABLE_COLORS to be ignored.' }],
+  ['NO_COLOR', { helpText: 'Alias for NODE_DISABLE_COLORS' }],
   ['NODE_DEBUG', { helpText: "','-separated list of core modules that " +
     'should print debug information' }],
   ['NODE_DEBUG_NATIVE', { helpText: "','-separated list of C++ core debug " +