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-rw-r--r--toke.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/toke.c b/toke.c
index ddd50cf301..7dbdd0819d 100644
--- a/toke.c
+++ b/toke.c
@@ -8791,8 +8791,9 @@ S_pmflag(pTHX_ const char* const valid_flags, U32 * pmfl, char** s) {
* following the 'e'). Otherwise, we resolve to the backwards-
* compatible, but less likely 's/// le ...', i.e. as meaning
* less-than-or-equal. The reason it's not likely is that s//
- * returns a number, and so '<=' should be used for comparing, not
- * 'le'. */
+ * returns a number for code in the field (/r returns a string, but
+ * that wasn't added until the 5.13 series), and so '<=' should be
+ * used for comparing, not 'le'. */
if (*((*s) + 1) == 't') {
goto deprecate;
}