perlop: #109408

diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod
index c9f17a7..508853a 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlop.pod
+++ b/pod/perlop.pod
@@ -1775,11 +1775,10 @@ regex with an C<m> (so C<//> becomes C<m//>).
 
 If the C</g> option is not used, C<m//> in list context returns a
 list consisting of the subexpressions matched by the parentheses in the
-pattern, that is, (C<$1>, C<$2>, C<$3>...).  (Note that here C<$1> etc. are
-also set, and that this differs from Perl 4's behavior.)  When there are
-no parentheses in the pattern, the return value is the list C<(1)> for
-success.  With or without parentheses, an empty list is returned upon
-failure.
+pattern, that is, (C<$1>, C<$2>, C<$3>...)  (Note that here C<$1> etc. are
+also set).  When there are no parentheses in the pattern, the return
+value is the list C<(1)> for success.  
+With or without parentheses, an empty list is returned upon failure.
 
 Examples:
 
@@ -2010,7 +2009,7 @@ specific options:
 Any non-whitespace delimiter may replace the slashes.  Add space after
 the C<s> when using a character allowed in identifiers.  If single quotes
 are used, no interpretation is done on the replacement string (the C</e>
-modifier overrides this, however).  Unlike Perl 4, Perl 5 treats backticks
+modifier overrides this, however).  Note that Perl treats backticks
 as normal delimiters; the replacement text is not evaluated as a command.
 If the PATTERN is delimited by bracketing quotes, the REPLACEMENT has
 its own pair of quotes, which may or may not be bracketing quotes, for example,
@@ -2201,7 +2200,7 @@ multiple commands in a single line by separating them with the command
 separator character, if your shell supports that (for example, C<;> on 
 many Unix shells and C<&> on the Windows NT C<cmd> shell).
 
-Beginning with v5.6.0, Perl will attempt to flush all files opened for
+Perl will attempt to flush all files opened for
 output before starting the child process, but this may not be supported
 on some platforms (see L<perlport>).  To be safe, you may need to set
 C<$|> ($AUTOFLUSH in English) or call the C<autoflush()> method of