Pod typos, pod2man bugs, and miscellaneous installation comments

Here is a patch for various typos and other defects in the Perl
5.003_05 pods, including the pods embedded in library modules.

26 files changed, 64 insertions, 64 deletions

diff --git a/lib/Cwd.pm b/lib/Cwd.pm
index 1512d7f212..e4e94b3064 100644
--- a/lib/Cwd.pm
+++ b/lib/Cwd.pm
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ the trailing line terminator). It is recommended that cwd (or another
 If you ask to override your chdir() built-in function, then your PWD
 environment variable will be kept up to date.  (See
 L<perlsub/Overriding builtin functions>.) Note that it will only be
-kept up to date it all packages which use chdir import it from Cwd.
+kept up to date if all packages which use chdir import it from Cwd.
 
 =cut
 
diff --git a/lib/Devel/SelfStubber.pm b/lib/Devel/SelfStubber.pm
index fc7ee4b511..7bb38f6957 100644
--- a/lib/Devel/SelfStubber.pm
+++ b/lib/Devel/SelfStubber.pm
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ So, for classes and subclasses to have inheritance correctly
 work with autoloading, you need to ensure stubs are loaded.
 
 The SelfLoader can load stubs automatically at module initialization
-with the statement 'SelfLoader->load_stubs()';, but you may wish to
+with the statement 'SelfLoader-E<gt>load_stubs()';, but you may wish to
 avoid having the stub loading overhead associated with your
 initialization (though note that the SelfLoader::load_stubs method
 will be called sooner or later - at latest when the first sub
diff --git a/lib/Env.pm b/lib/Env.pm
index 0e790754a8..63beb07508 100644
--- a/lib/Env.pm
+++ b/lib/Env.pm
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ the environment, assign it the undefined value
 
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
-Chip Salzenberg <chip@fin.uucp>
+Chip Salzenberg E<lt>F<chip@fin.uucp>E<gt>
 
 =cut
 
diff --git a/lib/Exporter.pm b/lib/Exporter.pm
index e374414505..fd95a7efef 100644
--- a/lib/Exporter.pm
+++ b/lib/Exporter.pm
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ try to use @EXPORT_OK in preference to @EXPORT and avoid short or
 common symbol names to reduce the risk of name clashes.
 
 Generally anything not exported is still accessible from outside the
-module using the ModuleName::item_name (or $blessed_ref->method)
+module using the ModuleName::item_name (or $blessed_ref-E<gt>method)
 syntax.  By convention you can use a leading underscore on names to
 informally indicate that they are 'internal' and not for public use.
 
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ into modules.
 =head2 Module Version Checking
 
 The Exporter module will convert an attempt to import a number from a
-module into a call to $module_name->require_version($value). This can
+module into a call to $module_name-E<gt>require_version($value). This can
 be used to validate that the version of the module being used is
 greater than or equal to the required version.
 
diff --git a/lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm b/lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm
index 86e7787b56..dda132565f 100644
--- a/lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm
+++ b/lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm
@@ -314,8 +314,8 @@ be copied preserving timestamps and permissions.
 
 There are two keys with a special meaning in the hash: "read" and
 "write". After the copying is done, install will write the list of
-target files to the file named by $hashref->{write}. If there is
-another file named by $hashref->{read}, the contents of this file will
+target files to the file named by C<$hashref-E<gt>{write}>. If there is
+another file named by C<$hashref-E<gt>{read}>, the contents of this file will
 be merged into the written file. The read and the written file may be
 identical, but on AFS it is quite likely, people are installing to a
 different directory than the one where the files later appear.
diff --git a/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm b/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
index aba04e3274..b3356d9505 100644
--- a/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
+++ b/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ overrides by defining rather primitive operations within
 ExtUtils::MM_Unix.
 
 If you are going to write a platform specific MM package, please try
-to limit the necessary overrides to primitiv methods, and if it is not
-possible to do so, let's work it out how to achieve that gain.
+to limit the necessary overrides to primitive methods, and if it is not
+possible to do so, let's work out how to achieve that gain.
 
 If you are overriding any of these methods in your Makefile.PL (in the
 MY class), please report that to the makemaker mailing list. We are
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ sections and complain loudly to the makemaker mailing list.
 Not all of the methods below are overridable in a
 Makefile.PL. Overridable methods are marked as (o). All methods are
 overridable by a platform specific MM_*.pm file (See
-L<ExtUtils::MM_VMS>) and L<ExtUtils::MM_OS2>).
+L<ExtUtils::MM_VMS> and L<ExtUtils::MM_OS2>).
 
 =head2 Preloaded methods
 
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ sub extliblist {
 
 =item file_name_is_absolute
 
-Takes as argument a path and returns true, it it is an absolute path.
+Takes as argument a path and returns true, if it is an absolute path.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -2475,7 +2475,7 @@ sub post_constants{
 
 =item post_initialize (o)
 
-Returns an ampty string per default. Used in Makefile.PLs to add some
+Returns an empty string per default. Used in Makefile.PLs to add some
 chunk of text to the Makefile after the object is initialized.
 
 =cut
diff --git a/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm b/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
index e75f28f639..027c1fe6e9 100644
--- a/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
+++ b/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ so
 =item CONFIGURE
 
 CODE reference. The subroutine should return a hash reference. The
-hash may contain further attributes, e.g. {LIBS => ...}, that have to
+hash may contain further attributes, e.g. {LIBS =E<gt> ...}, that have to
 be determined by some evaluation method.
 
 =item DEFINE
diff --git a/lib/ExtUtils/Mksymlists.pm b/lib/ExtUtils/Mksymlists.pm
index 47c37bf623..0f9a132c36 100644
--- a/lib/ExtUtils/Mksymlists.pm
+++ b/lib/ExtUtils/Mksymlists.pm
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ ExtUtils::Mksymlists - write linker options files for dynamic extension
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 C<ExtUtils::Mksymlists> produces files used by the linker under some OSs
-during the creation of shared libraries for synamic extensions.  It is
+during the creation of shared libraries for dynamic extensions.  It is
 normally called from a MakeMaker-generated Makefile when the extension
 is built.  The linker option file is generated by calling the function
 C<Mksymlists>, which is exported by default from C<ExtUtils::Mksymlists>.
diff --git a/lib/File/Copy.pm b/lib/File/Copy.pm
index aedcd7fb03..92b9be15e6 100644
--- a/lib/File/Copy.pm
+++ b/lib/File/Copy.pm
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ associated with an old version of that file after C<rmscopy>
 returns, not the newly created version.)
 
 The third parameter is an integer flag, which tells C<rmscopy>
-how to handle timestamps.  If it is < 0, none of the input file's
-timestamps are propagated to the output file.  If it is > 0, then
+how to handle timestamps.  If it is E<lt> 0, none of the input file's
+timestamps are propagated to the output file.  If it is E<gt> 0, then
 it is interpreted as a bitmask: if bit 0 (the LSB) is set, then
 timestamps other than the revision date are propagated; if bit 1
 is set, the revision date is propagated.  If the third parameter
diff --git a/lib/File/Path.pm b/lib/File/Path.pm
index 97cb66855d..8d775d52d5 100644
--- a/lib/File/Path.pm
+++ b/lib/File/Path.pm
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ treated as ordinary files.
 
 =head1 AUTHORS
 
-Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>
-Charles Bailey <bailey@genetics.upenn.edu>
+Tim Bunce E<lt>F<Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>E<gt>
+Charles Bailey E<lt>F<bailey@genetics.upenn.edu>E<gt>
 
 =head1 REVISION
 
diff --git a/lib/FindBin.pm b/lib/FindBin.pm
index 4bfc098f1e..242ea5f57b 100644
--- a/lib/FindBin.pm
+++ b/lib/FindBin.pm
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Locates the full path to the script bin directory to allow the use
 of paths relative to the bin directory.
 
 This allows a user to setup a directory tree for some software with
-directories <root>/bin and <root>/lib and then the above example will allow
+directories E<lt>rootE<gt>/bin and E<lt>rootE<gt>/lib and then the above example will allow
 the use of modules in the lib directory without knowing where the software
 tree is installed.
 
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ Workaround is to invoke perl as
 
 =head1 AUTHORS
 
-Graham Barr <bodg@tiuk.ti.com>
-Nick Ing-Simmons <nik@tiuk.ti.com>
+Graham Barr E<lt>F<bodg@tiuk.ti.com>E<gt>
+Nick Ing-Simmons E<lt>F<nik@tiuk.ti.com>E<gt>
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
diff --git a/lib/Getopt/Long.pm b/lib/Getopt/Long.pm
index 3fa9c8b10f..190b609571 100644
--- a/lib/Getopt/Long.pm
+++ b/lib/Getopt/Long.pm
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ followed by an argument specifier. Values for argument specifiers are:
 
 =over 8
 
-=item <none>
+=item E<lt>noneE<gt>
 
 Option does not take an argument. 
 The option variable will be set to 1.
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ The option name is always the true name, not an abbreviation or alias.
 
 The option name may actually be a list of option names, separated by
 "|"s, e.g. "foo|bar|blech=s". In this example, "foo" is the true name
-op this option. If no linkage is specified, options "foo", "bar" and
+of this option. If no linkage is specified, options "foo", "bar" and
 "blech" all will set $opt_foo.
 
 Option names may be abbreviated to uniqueness, depending on
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ configuration variable $Getopt::Long::autoabbrev.
 
 =head2 Non-option call-back routine
 
-A special option specifier, <>, can be used to designate a subroutine
+A special option specifier, E<lt>E<gt>, can be used to designate a subroutine
 to handle non-option arguments. GetOptions will immediately call this
 subroutine for every non-option it encounters in the options list.
 This subroutine gets the name of the non-option passed.
@@ -285,18 +285,18 @@ In GNU or POSIX format, option names and values can be combined:
    --bar=		-> $opt_bar = ''
    --bar=--		-> $opt_bar = '--'
 
-Example of using variabel references:
+Example of using variable references:
 
    $ret = &GetOptions ('foo=s', \$foo, 'bar=i', 'ar=s', \@ar);
 
 With command line options "-foo blech -bar 24 -ar xx -ar yy" 
 this will result in:
 
-   $bar = 'blech'
+   $foo = 'blech'
    $opt_bar = 24
    @ar = ('xx','yy')
 
-Example of using the <> option specifier:
+Example of using the E<lt>E<gt> option specifier:
 
    @ARGV = qw(-foo 1 bar -foo 2 blech);
    &GetOptions("foo=i", \$myfoo, "<>", \&mysub);
diff --git a/lib/IPC/Open2.pm b/lib/IPC/Open2.pm
index 62ec69b335..35bb0d1f16 100644
--- a/lib/IPC/Open2.pm
+++ b/lib/IPC/Open2.pm
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ The open2() function spawns the given $cmd and connects $rdr for
 reading and $wtr for writing.  It's what you think should work 
 when you try
 
-    open(HANDLE, "|cmd args");
+    open(HANDLE, "|cmd args|");
 
 open2() returns the process ID of the child process.  It doesn't return on
 failure: it just raises an exception matching C</^open2:/>.
diff --git a/lib/IPC/Open3.pm b/lib/IPC/Open3.pm
index fc93ab548d..d416ae7886 100644
--- a/lib/IPC/Open3.pm
+++ b/lib/IPC/Open3.pm
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ connects RDRFH for reading, WTRFH for writing, and ERRFH for errors.  If
 ERRFH is '', or the same as RDRFH, then STDOUT and STDERR of the child are
 on the same file handle.
 
-If WTRFH begins with "<&", then WTRFH will be closed in the parent, and
+If WTRFH begins with "E<lt>&", then WTRFH will be closed in the parent, and
 the child will read from it directly.  If RDRFH or ERRFH begins with
-">&", then the child will send output directly to that file handle.  In both
+"E<gt>&", then the child will send output directly to that file handle.  In both
 cases, there will be a dup(2) instead of a pipe(2) made.
 
 If you try to read from the child's stdout writer and their stderr
diff --git a/lib/Pod/Text.pm b/lib/Pod/Text.pm
index 1411587538..4faed4904e 100644
--- a/lib/Pod/Text.pm
+++ b/lib/Pod/Text.pm
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ A separate F<pod2text> program is included that is primarily a wrapper for
 Pod::Text.
 
 The single function C<pod2text()> can take one or two arguments. The first
-should be the name of a file to read the pod from, or "<&STDIN" to read from
+should be the name of a file to read the pod from, or "E<lt>&STDIN" to read from
 STDIN. A second argument, if provided, should be a filehandle glob where
 output should be sent.
 
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
-Tom Christiansen E<lt>tchrist@mox.perl.comE<gt>
+Tom Christiansen E<lt>F<tchrist@mox.perl.com>E<gt>
 
 =head1 TODO
 
diff --git a/lib/SelfLoader.pm b/lib/SelfLoader.pm
index 136d42bef1..11dc6a24bf 100644
--- a/lib/SelfLoader.pm
+++ b/lib/SelfLoader.pm
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ that filehandle (and ONLY if you want to), you should either
 the C<__DATA__> token and put your own data after those
 declarations, using the C<__END__> token to mark the end
 of subroutine declarations. You must also ensure that the B<SelfLoader>
-reads first by  calling 'SelfLoader->load_stubs();', or by using a
+reads first by  calling 'SelfLoader-E<gt>load_stubs();', or by using a
 function which is selfloaded;
 
 or
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ need for stubs as far as autoloading is concerned.
 For modules which ARE classes, and need to handle inherited methods,
 stubs are needed to ensure that the method inheritance mechanism works
 properly. You can load the stubs into the module at 'require' time, by
-adding the statement 'SelfLoader->load_stubs();' to the module to do
+adding the statement 'SelfLoader-E<gt>load_stubs();' to the module to do
 this.
 
 The alternative is to put the stubs in before the C<__DATA__> token BEFORE
diff --git a/lib/Sys/Hostname.pm b/lib/Sys/Hostname.pm
index d527e4525f..ec04efc889 100644
--- a/lib/Sys/Hostname.pm
+++ b/lib/Sys/Hostname.pm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ All nulls, returns, and newlines are removed from the result.
 
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
-David Sundstrom <sunds@asictest.sc.ti.com>
+David Sundstrom E<lt>F<sunds@asictest.sc.ti.com>E<gt>
 
 Texas Instruments
 
diff --git a/lib/Term/Complete.pm b/lib/Term/Complete.pm
index 6faef2296e..884f83fa90 100644
--- a/lib/Term/Complete.pm
+++ b/lib/Term/Complete.pm
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ The following command characters are defined:
 
 =over 4
 
-=item <tab>
+=item E<lt>tabE<gt>
 Attempts word completion.
 Cannot be changed.
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Defined by I<$Term::Complete::complete>.
 Erases the current input.
 Defined by I<$Term::Complete::kill>.
 
-=item <del>, <bs>
+=item E<lt>delE<gt>, E<lt>bsE<gt>
 
 Erases one character.
 Defined by I<$Term::Complete::erase1> and I<$Term::Complete::erase2>.
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Bell sounds when word completion fails.
 
 =head1 BUGS
 
-The completion charater <tab> cannot be changed.
+The completion charater E<lt>tabE<gt> cannot be changed.
 
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
diff --git a/lib/Term/ReadLine.pm b/lib/Term/ReadLine.pm
index 2ce7423186..88fc6386c3 100644
--- a/lib/Term/ReadLine.pm
+++ b/lib/Term/ReadLine.pm
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ or as
 
   $term->addhistory('row');
 
-where $term is a return value of Term::ReadLine->Init.
+where $term is a return value of Term::ReadLine-E<gt>Init.
 
 =over 12
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ history. Returns the old value.
 =item C<findConsole>
 
 returns an array with two strings that give most appropriate names for
-files for input and output using conventions C<"<$in">, C<"E<gt>out">.
+files for input and output using conventions C<"E<lt>$in">, C<"E<gt>out">.
 
 =item C<Features>
 
diff --git a/lib/Text/Tabs.pm b/lib/Text/Tabs.pm
index 8cc0d92f23..4024d7b685 100644
--- a/lib/Text/Tabs.pm
+++ b/lib/Text/Tabs.pm
@@ -69,15 +69,15 @@ __END__
 
 =head1 NAME
 
-Text::Tabs -- expand and unexpand tabs per the unix expand(1) and unexpand(1)
+Text::Tabs - expand and unexpand tabs per the unix expand(1) and unexpand(1)
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-use Text::Tabs;
+    use Text::Tabs;
 
-$tabstop = 4;
-@lines_without_tabs = expand(@lines_with_tabs);
-@lines_with_tabs = unexpand(@lines_without_tabs);
+    $tabstop = 4;
+    @lines_without_tabs = expand(@lines_with_tabs);
+    @lines_with_tabs = unexpand(@lines_without_tabs);
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -94,4 +94,4 @@ entire document in one string.  Instead feed it an array of lines.
 
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
-David Muir Sharnoff <muir@idiom.com>
+David Muir Sharnoff E<lt>F<muir@idiom.com>E<gt>
diff --git a/lib/Text/Wrap.pm b/lib/Text/Wrap.pm
index 03bae1b8f9..2ffc69ec20 100644
--- a/lib/Text/Wrap.pm
+++ b/lib/Text/Wrap.pm
@@ -95,6 +95,6 @@ should be set to the full width of your output device.
 
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
-David Muir Sharnoff <muir@idiom.com>
+David Muir Sharnoff E<lt>F<muir@idiom.com>E<gt>
 
 =cut
diff --git a/lib/Time/Local.pm b/lib/Time/Local.pm
index 40e8da796b..1fab298e0a 100644
--- a/lib/Time/Local.pm
+++ b/lib/Time/Local.pm
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use Carp;
 
 =head1 NAME
 
-Time::Local - efficiently compute tome from local and GMT time
+Time::Local - efficiently compute time from local and GMT time
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
diff --git a/lib/diagnostics.pm b/lib/diagnostics.pm
index f20b956b7d..a8af08f8c2 100755
--- a/lib/diagnostics.pm
+++ b/lib/diagnostics.pm
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ Aa a program:
 =head2 The C<diagnostics> Pragma
 
 This module extends the terse diagnostics normally emitted by both the
-perl compiler and the perl interpeter, augmenting them wtih the more
+perl compiler and the perl interpeter, augmenting them with the more
 explicative and endearing descriptions found in L<perldiag>.  Like the
-other pragmata, it affects to compilation phase of your program rather
+other pragmata, it affects the compilation phase of your program rather
 than merely the execution phase.
 
 To use in your program as a pragma, merely invoke
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ However, you may control there behaviour at runtime using the
 disable() and enable() methods to turn them off and on respectively.
 
 The B<-verbose> flag first prints out the L<perldiag> introduction before
-any other diagnostics.  The $diagnostics::PRETTY can generate nicer escape
-sequences for pgers.
+any other diagnostics.  The $diagnostics::PRETTY variable can generate nicer
+escape sequences for pagers.
 
 =head2 The I<splain> Program
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ afterwards, do this:
     ./splain < test.out
 
 Note that this is not in general possible in shells of more dubious heritage, 
-as the theorectical 
+as the theoretical 
 
     (perl -w test.pl >/dev/tty) >& test.out
     ./splain < test.out
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ runtime.  Otherwise, they may be embedded in the file itself when the
 splain package is built.   See the F<Makefile> for details.
 
 If an extant $SIG{__WARN__} handler is discovered, it will continue
-to be honored, but only after the diagnostic::splainthis() function 
+to be honored, but only after the diagnostics::splainthis() function 
 (the module's $SIG{__WARN__} interceptor) has had its way with your
 warnings.
 
diff --git a/lib/overload.pm b/lib/overload.pm
index 28e7d0b3e7..20411ea576 100644
--- a/lib/overload.pm
+++ b/lib/overload.pm
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ postfix form.
     "atan2", "cos", "sin", "exp", "abs", "log", "sqrt",
 
 If C<abs> is unavailable, it can be autogenerated using methods
-for "<" or "<=>" combined with either unary minus or subtraction.
+for "E<lt>" or "E<lt>=E<gt>" combined with either unary minus or subtraction.
 
 =item * I<Boolean, string and numeric conversion>
 
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ can be expressed in terms of string conversion.
 
 can be expressed in terms of its "spaceship" counterpart: either
 C<E<lt>=E<gt>> or C<cmp>:
- 
+
     <, >, <=, >=, ==, != 	in terms of <=>
     lt, gt, le, ge, eq, ne 	in terms of cmp
 
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ to be changed are constant (but this is not enforced).
 
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
-Ilya Zakharevich <F<ilya@math.mps.ohio-state.edu>>.
+Ilya Zakharevich E<lt>F<ilya@math.mps.ohio-state.edu>E<gt>.
 
 =head1 DIAGNOSTICS
 
diff --git a/lib/splain b/lib/splain
index f20b956b7d..a8af08f8c2 100755
--- a/lib/splain
+++ b/lib/splain
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ Aa a program:
 =head2 The C<diagnostics> Pragma
 
 This module extends the terse diagnostics normally emitted by both the
-perl compiler and the perl interpeter, augmenting them wtih the more
+perl compiler and the perl interpeter, augmenting them with the more
 explicative and endearing descriptions found in L<perldiag>.  Like the
-other pragmata, it affects to compilation phase of your program rather
+other pragmata, it affects the compilation phase of your program rather
 than merely the execution phase.
 
 To use in your program as a pragma, merely invoke
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ However, you may control there behaviour at runtime using the
 disable() and enable() methods to turn them off and on respectively.
 
 The B<-verbose> flag first prints out the L<perldiag> introduction before
-any other diagnostics.  The $diagnostics::PRETTY can generate nicer escape
-sequences for pgers.
+any other diagnostics.  The $diagnostics::PRETTY variable can generate nicer
+escape sequences for pagers.
 
 =head2 The I<splain> Program
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ afterwards, do this:
     ./splain < test.out
 
 Note that this is not in general possible in shells of more dubious heritage, 
-as the theorectical 
+as the theoretical 
 
     (perl -w test.pl >/dev/tty) >& test.out
     ./splain < test.out
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ runtime.  Otherwise, they may be embedded in the file itself when the
 splain package is built.   See the F<Makefile> for details.
 
 If an extant $SIG{__WARN__} handler is discovered, it will continue
-to be honored, but only after the diagnostic::splainthis() function 
+to be honored, but only after the diagnostics::splainthis() function 
 (the module's $SIG{__WARN__} interceptor) has had its way with your
 warnings.
 
diff --git a/lib/strict.pm b/lib/strict.pm
index a1c51531e9..4aa55eb4f3 100644
--- a/lib/strict.pm
+++ b/lib/strict.pm
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ name without fully qualifying it.
 
 This disables the poetry optimization, generating a compile-time error if
 you try to use a bareword identifier that's not a subroutine, unless it
-appears in curly braces or on the left hand side of the "=>" symbol.
+appears in curly braces or on the left hand side of the "=E<gt>" symbol.
 
 
     use strict 'subs';