$^N foolery as well

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diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod
index 817f1e5..d9b4c41 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlvar.pod
+++ b/pod/perlvar.pod
@@ -472,10 +472,8 @@ This array holds the offsets of the beginnings of the last
 successful submatches in the currently active dynamic scope.
 C<$-[0]> is the offset into the string of the beginning of the
 entire match.  The I<n>th element of this array holds the offset
-of the I<n>th submatch, so C<$+[1]> is the offset where $1
-begins, C<$+[2]> the offset where $2 begins, and so on.
-You can use C<$#-> to determine how many subgroups were in the
-last successful match.  Compare with the C<@+> variable.
+of the I<n>th submatch, so C<$-[1]> is the offset where $1
+begins, C<$-[2]> the offset where $2 begins, and so on.
 
 After a match against some variable $var: