doc,fs: update description of fs.stat() method

Author: mertcanaltin

doc/api/fs.md

@@ -4126,6 +4126,10 @@ Asynchronous stat(2). The callback gets two arguments `(err, stats)` where
 
 In case of an error, the `err.code` will be one of [Common System Errors][].
 
+[`fs.stat()`][] follows symbolic links, [`fs.lstat()`][] looks at the links
+themselves. Therefore, it is recommended to use [`fs.lstat()`][] when the links
+themselves need to be examined.
+
 Using `fs.stat()` to check for the existence of a file before calling
 `fs.open()`, `fs.readFile()`, or `fs.writeFile()` is not recommended.
 Instead, user code should open/read/write the file directly and handle the