Mark \N meaning [^\n] as experimental

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perlrecharclass.pod b/pod/perlrecharclass.pod
index ae44f84a82..140d8ea3a5 100644
--- a/pod/perlrecharclass.pod
+++ b/pod/perlrecharclass.pod
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ more detail below.
  \S             Match a non-white space character.
  \h             Match a horizontal white space character.
  \H             Match a character that isn't horizontal white space.
- \N             Match a character that isn't newline.
+ \N             Match a character that isn't newline.  Experimental.
  \v             Match a vertical white space character.
  \V             Match a character that isn't vertical white space.
  \pP, \p{Prop}  Match a character matching a Unicode property.
@@ -113,15 +113,15 @@ C<\h> will match any character that is considered horizontal white space;
 this includes the space and the tab characters. C<\H> will match any character
 that is not considered horizontal white space.
 
-C<\N>, like the dot, will match any character that is not a newline. The
-difference is that C<\N> will not be influenced by the single line C</s>
-regular expression modifier. (Note that, since C<\N{}> is also used for
-named characters, if C<\N> is followed by an opening brace and something that
-is not a quantifier, perl will assume that a character name is coming.  For
-example, C<\N{3}> means to match 3 non-newlines; C<\N{5,}> means to match 5 or
-more non-newlines, but C<\N{4F}> is not a legal quantifier, and will cause
-perl to look for a character named C<4F> (and won't find one unless custom names
-have been defined that include it.)
+C<\N> is an experimental feature.  It, like the dot, will match any character
+that is not a newline. The difference is that C<\N> will not be influenced by
+the single line C</s> regular expression modifier. (Note that, since C<\N{}> is
+also used for named characters, if C<\N> is followed by an opening brace and
+something that is not a quantifier, perl will assume that a character name is
+coming.  For example, C<\N{3}> means to match 3 non-newlines; C<\N{5,}> means
+to match 5 or more non-newlines, but C<\N{4F}> is not a legal quantifier, and
+will cause perl to look for a character named C<4F> (and won't find one unless
+custom names have been defined that include it.)
 
 C<\v> will match any character that is considered vertical white space;
 this includes the carriage return and line feed characters (newline).