Perlfaq1 : take notice that 5.8.1 is now released.

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diff --git a/pod/perlfaq1.pod b/pod/perlfaq1.pod
index 0284e76f88..13f8f421dd 100644
--- a/pod/perlfaq1.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfaq1.pod
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ You should definitely use version 5.  Version 4 is old, limited, and
 no longer maintained; its last patch (4.036) was in 1992, long ago and
 far away.  Sure, it's stable, but so is anything that's dead; in fact,
 perl4 had been called a dead, flea-bitten camel carcass.  The most
-recent production release is 5.8.0 (although 5.005_03 and 5.6.1 are
+recent production release is 5.8.1 (although 5.005_03 and 5.6.1 are
 still supported). The most cutting-edge development release is 5.9.
 Further references to the Perl language in this document refer to the
 production release unless otherwise specified.  There may be one or
@@ -307,8 +307,8 @@ for any given task.  Also mention that the difference between version
 (Well, OK, maybe it's not quite that distinct, but you get the idea.)
 If you want support and a reasonable guarantee that what you're
 developing will continue to work in the future, then you have to run
-the supported version.  As of August 2002 that means running either
-5.8.0 (released in July 2002), or one of the older releases like
+the supported version.  As of October 2003 that means running either
+5.8.1 (released in September 2003), or one of the older releases like
 5.6.1 (released in April 2001) or 5.005_03 (released in March 1999),
 although 5.004_05 isn't that bad if you B<absolutely> need such an old
 version (released in April 1999) for stability  reasons.