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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod
index 1cb186a7a7..2152f13a5b 100644
--- a/pod/perlop.pod
+++ b/pod/perlop.pod
@@ -2544,8 +2544,9 @@ for closing C<]> paired with the opening C<[>, combinations of C<\\>, C<\]>,
and C<\[> are all skipped, and nested C<[> and C<]> are skipped as well.
However, when backslashes are used as the delimiters (like C<qq\\> and
C<tr\\\>), nothing is skipped.
-During the search for the end, backslashes that escape delimiters
-are removed (exactly speaking, they are not copied to the safe location).
+During the search for the end, backslashes that escape delimiters or
+backslashes are removed (exactly speaking, they are not copied to the
+safe location).
For constructs with three-part delimiters (C<s///>, C<y///>, and
C<tr///>), the search is repeated once more.