Doc patch: perlre should mention perlrequick and perlretut

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diff --git a/pod/perlre.pod b/pod/perlre.pod
index e5f9066..c295f60 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlre.pod
+++ b/pod/perlre.pod
@@ -4,10 +4,16 @@ perlre - Perl regular expressions
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-This page describes the syntax of regular expressions in Perl.  For a
-description of how to I<use> regular expressions in matching
-operations, plus various examples of the same, see discussions
-of C<m//>, C<s///>, C<qr//> and C<??> in L<perlop/"Regexp Quote-Like Operators">.
+This page describes the syntax of regular expressions in Perl.  
+
+if you haven't used regular expressions before, a quick-start
+introduction is available in L<perlrequick>, and a longer tutorial
+introduction is available in L<perlretut>.
+
+For reference on how regular expressions are used in matching
+operations, plus various examples of the same, see discussions of
+C<m//>, C<s///>, C<qr//> and C<??> in L<perlop/"Regexp Quote-Like
+Operators">.
 
 Matching operations can have various modifiers.  Modifiers
 that relate to the interpretation of the regular expression inside
@@ -1270,6 +1276,10 @@ from the reference content.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
+L<perlrequick>.
+
+L<perlretut>.
+
 L<perlop/"Regexp Quote-Like Operators">.
 
 L<perlop/"Gory details of parsing quoted constructs">.