1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index 00fc8601a4..78a631883e 100644
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -1265,11 +1265,11 @@ there was an error.
 In the first form, the return value of EXPR is parsed and executed as if it
 were a little Perl program.  The value of the expression (which is itself
 determined within scalar context) is first parsed, and if there weren't any
-errors, executed in the context of the current Perl program, so that any
-variable settings or subroutine and format definitions remain afterwards.
-Note that the value is parsed every time the eval executes.  If EXPR is
-omitted, evaluates C<$_>.  This form is typically used to delay parsing
-and subsequent execution of the text of EXPR until run time.
+errors, executed in the lexical context of the current Perl program, so
+that any variable settings or subroutine and format definitions remain
+afterwards.  Note that the value is parsed every time the eval executes.
+If EXPR is omitted, evaluates C<$_>.  This form is typically used to
+delay parsing and subsequent execution of the text of EXPR until run time.
 
 In the second form, the code within the BLOCK is parsed only once--at the
 same time the code surrounding the eval itself was parsed--and executed
@@ -2078,9 +2078,9 @@ or equivalently,
 
     @foo = grep {!/^#/} @bar;    # weed out comments
 
-Note that, because C<$_> is a reference into the list value, it can
-be used to modify the elements of the array.  While this is useful and
-supported, it can cause bizarre results if the LIST is not a named array.
+Note that C<$_> is an alias to the list value, so it can be used to
+modify the elements of the LIST.  While this is useful and supported,
+it can cause bizarre results if the elements of LIST are not variables.
 Similarly, grep returns aliases into the original list, much as a for
 loop's index variable aliases the list elements.  That is, modifying an
 element of a list returned by grep (for example, in a C<foreach>, C<map>
@@ -2462,9 +2462,9 @@ is just a funny way to write
 	$hash{getkey($_)} = $_;
     }
 
-Note that, because C<$_> is a reference into the list value, it can
-be used to modify the elements of the array.  While this is useful and
-supported, it can cause bizarre results if the LIST is not a named array.
+Note that C<$_> is an alias to the list value, so it can be used to
+modify the elements of the LIST.  While this is useful and supported,
+it can cause bizarre results if the elements of LIST are not variables.
 Using a regular C<foreach> loop for this purpose would be clearer in
 most cases.  See also L</grep> for an array composed of those items of
 the original list for which the BLOCK or EXPR evaluates to true.