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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod
index 33157b8722..cfe9ff2f38 100644
--- a/pod/perlvar.pod
+++ b/pod/perlvar.pod
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ be better for something. :-)
Setting C<$/> to an empty string -- the so-called I<paragraph mode> -- merits
special attention. When C<$/> is set to C<""> and the entire file is read in
-with that setting, any sequence of consecutive newlines C<"\n\n"> at the
+with that setting, any sequence of one or more consecutive newlines at the
beginning of the file is discarded. With the exception of the final record in
the file, each sequence of characters ending in two or more newlines is
treated as one record and is read in to end in exactly two newlines. If the