reword the description of what the /m flag does

diff --git a/pod/perlre.pod b/pod/perlre.pod
index 2762b49..ee3244b 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlre.pod
+++ b/pod/perlre.pod
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ L<perlop/"Gory details of parsing quoted constructs">.
 X</m> X<regex, multiline> X<regexp, multiline> X<regular expression, multiline>
 
 Treat string as multiple lines.  That is, change "^" and "$" from matching
-the start or end of line only at the left and right ends of the string to
-matching them anywhere within the string.
+the start of the string's first line and the end of its last line to
+matching the start and end of each line within the string.
 
 =item s
 X</s> X<regex, single-line> X<regexp, single-line>