How do you describe "user instructions?"

Question

Please tell me what the correct term is for the instructions your code gives to a user before they give input. Is it documentation?

Answer 1

var x = prompt(" // is this the instructions? ") ;

Answer 2

thank you!

Answer 3

as cheeze says. prompt.
documentation is what you give the user to throw in the bin unread.

Answer 4

thkx cheese!