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diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod index 69cd592d9c..744e63648f 100644 --- a/pod/perlvar.pod +++ b/pod/perlvar.pod @@ -704,10 +704,13 @@ Also see L<Error Indicators>. Each element of C<%!> has a true value only if C<$!> is set to that value. For example, C<$!{ENOENT}> is true if and only if the current -value of C<$!> is C<ENOENT>; that is, if the mot recent error was "No -such file or directory". To check if a particular key is meaningful -on your system, use C<exists $!{the_key}>; for a list of legal keys, -use C<keys %!>. See L<Errno> for more information. +value of C<$!> is C<ENOENT>; that is, if the most recent error was +"No such file or directory" (or its moral equivalent: not all operating +systems give that exact error, and certainly not all languages). +To check if a particular key is meaningful on your system, use +C<exists $!{the_key}>; for a list of legal keys, use C<keys %!>. +See L<Errno> for more information, and also see above for the +validity of C<$!>. =item $EXTENDED_OS_ERROR |