note that REPL doesn't show "nothing" values (#53930)

It seemed worth documenting that display of `nothing` is suppressed by the REPL (and similar environments, e.g. IJulia).
JuliaLang · Apr 3, 2024 · 94f887b · 94f887b
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@@ -1521,6 +1521,8 @@ Nothing
 The singleton instance of type [`Nothing`](@ref), used by convention when there is no value to return
 (as in a C `void` function) or when a variable or field holds no value.
 
+A return value of `nothing` is not displayed by the REPL and similar interactive environments.
+
 See also: [`isnothing`](@ref), [`something`](@ref), [`missing`](@ref).
 """
 nothing