Update text slightly and update links to threads.pm instead of Thread.pm

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@17018

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index 3d6f30192e..2708571b13 100644
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -2469,14 +2469,13 @@ and the month of the year, may not necessarily be three characters wide.
 
 =item lock THING
 
-This function places an advisory lock on a variable, subroutine,
-or referenced object contained in I<THING> until the lock goes out
-of scope.
+This function places an advisory lock on a shared variable, or referenced 
+object contained in I<THING> until the lock goes out of scope.
 
 lock() is a "weak keyword" : this means that if you've defined a function
 by this name (before any calls to it), that function will be called
-instead. (However, if you've said C<use Thread>, lock() is always a
-keyword.) See L<Thread>.
+instead. (However, if you've said C<use threads>, lock() is always a
+keyword.) See L<threads>.
 
 =item log EXPR