A pull request by @chenxsan was merged and maintainers requested a documentation change.
See pull request: webpack/webpack#11333
What kind of change does this PR introduce?
feature. closes webpack/webpack#9327
Did you add tests for your changes?
Yes
Does this PR introduce a breaking change?
No
What needs to be documented once your changes are merged?
Setting output.charset to false will stop webpack from adding charset="utf-8" to <script> tag.