Reverse change #31978

p4raw-link: @31978 on //depot/perl: d804f4346b490171e547d5cc512063e53da10708

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@32015

2 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod
index 9d79311c08..1d2650fdc1 100644
--- a/pod/perldiag.pod
+++ b/pod/perldiag.pod
@@ -4942,8 +4942,6 @@ C<use 5.006_001>.  This of course won't help: the older Perls
 won't suddenly start understanding newer features, but at least
 they will show a sensible error message indicating the required
 minimum version.
-This warning is suppressed if the C<use 5.x.y> is preceded by a
-C<use 5.006> (see C<use VERSION> in L<perlfunc/use>).
 
 =item Warning: something's wrong
 
diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index a037970044..9184a8aeba 100644
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -6853,15 +6853,9 @@ avoided, because it leads to misleading error messages under earlier
 versions of Perl that do not support this syntax.  The equivalent numeric
 version should be used instead.
 
-Alternatively, you can use a numeric version C<use 5.006> followed by a
-v-string version like C<use v5.10.1>, to avoid the unintuitive C<use
-5.010_001>. (older perl versions fail gracefully at the first C<use>,
-later perl versions understand the v-string syntax in the second).
-
     use v5.6.1;		# compile time version check
     use 5.6.1;		# ditto
     use 5.006_001;	# ditto; preferred for backwards compatibility
-    use 5.006; use 5.6.1;	# ditto, for compatibility and readability
 
 This is often useful if you need to check the current Perl version before
 C<use>ing library modules that have changed in incompatible ways from