Fix a typo and add some clarification to change #26387.

p4raw-link: @26387 on //depot/perl: 8705167b57c0f17d383e9e8ced641c8a486046b2

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@26388

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod
index 6afe47387c..84cd866b24 100644
--- a/pod/perlop.pod
+++ b/pod/perlop.pod
@@ -200,10 +200,10 @@ concatenated with the identifier is returned.  Otherwise, if the string
 starts with a plus or minus, a string starting with the opposite sign
 is returned.  One effect of these rules is that -bareword is equivalent
 to the string "-bareword".  If, however, the string begins with a
-non-alphabetic characters, Perl will attempt to convert the string to a numeric
-and the arithmetic negation is performed.  If the string cannot be cleanly 
-converted to a numeric, Perl will give the warning B<Argument "the string"
-isn't numeric in negation (-) at ...>.  
+non-alphabetic character (exluding "+" or "-"), Perl will attempt to convert
+the string to a numeric and the arithmetic negation is performed. If the
+string cannot be cleanly converted to a numeric, Perl will give the warning
+B<Argument "the string" isn't numeric in negation (-) at ...>.
 X<-> X<negation, arithmetic>
 
 Unary "~" performs bitwise negation, i.e., 1's complement.  For