mention REPL IOContext in pretty-printing docs

doc/src/manual/types.md

@@ -1481,8 +1481,8 @@ julia> [Polar(3, 4.0), Polar(4.0,5.3)]
 ```
 
 where the single-line `show(io, z)` form is still used for an array of `Polar` values.   Technically,
-the REPL calls `display(z)` to display the result of executing a line, which defaults to `show(stdout, MIME("text/plain"), z)`,
-which in turn defaults to `show(stdout, z)`, but you should *not* define new [`display`](@ref)
+the REPL calls `display(z)` to display the result `z` of executing a line, which defaults to `show(io, MIME("text/plain"), z)` (where `io` is an [`IOContext`](@ref) wrapper around [`stdout`](@ref)),
+which in turn defaults to `show(io, z)`, but you should *not* define new [`display`](@ref)
 methods unless you are defining a new multimedia display handler (see [Multimedia I/O](@ref Multimedia-I/O)).
 
 Moreover, you can also define `show` methods for other MIME types in order to enable richer display

stdlib/REPL/docs/src/index.md

@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ disabled or enabled at will with `REPL.enable_promptpaste(::Bool)`. If it is ena
 out by pasting the code block above this paragraph straight into the REPL. This feature does not
 work on the standard Windows command prompt due to its limitation at detecting when a paste occurs.
 
-Objects are printed at the REPL using the [`show`](@ref) function with a specific [`IOContext`](@ref).
+A non-[`nothing`](@ref) result of executing an expression is displayed by the REPL using the [`show`](@ref) function
+with a specific [`IOContext`](@ref) (via [`display`](@ref), which defaults to calling
+`show(io, MIME("text/plain"), ans)`, which in turn defaults to `show(io, ans)`).
 In particular, the `:limit` attribute is set to `true`.
 Other attributes can receive in certain `show` methods a default value if it's not already set,
 like `:compact`.