Dispell the "use utf8" superstition.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@11643

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perlunicode.pod b/pod/perlunicode.pod
index 914ce04260..f429be74b2 100644
--- a/pod/perlunicode.pod
+++ b/pod/perlunicode.pod
@@ -40,16 +40,16 @@ presented with Unicode data, or a traditional byte scheme when
 presented with byte data.  The implementation is still new and
 (particularly on EBCDIC platforms) may need further work.
 
-=item C<use utf8> still needed to enable a few features
+=item C<use utf8> still needed to enable UTF-8/UTF-EBCDIC in scripts
 
 The C<utf8> pragma implements the tables used for Unicode support.
 These tables are automatically loaded on demand, so the C<utf8> pragma
 need not normally be used.
 
 However, as a compatibility measure, this pragma must be explicitly
-used to enable recognition of UTF-8 encoded literals and identifiers
-in the source text on ASCII based machines or recognize UTF-EBCDIC
-encoded literals and identifiers on EBCDIC based machines.
+used to enable recognition of UTF-8 in the Perl scripts themselves on
+ASCII based machines or recognize UTF-EBCDIC on EBCDIC based machines.
+B<This should be the only place where an explicit C<use utf8> is needed>.
 
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