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@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ the operand is an identifier, a string consisting of a minus sign
concatenated with the identifier is returned. Otherwise, if the string
starts with a plus or minus, a string starting with the opposite sign
is returned. One effect of these rules is that -bareword is equivalent
-to "-bareword".
+to the string "-bareword".
Unary "~" performs bitwise negation, i.e., 1's complement. For
example, C<0666 & ~027> is 0640. (See also L<Integer Arithmetic> and