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@@ -1546,7 +1546,9 @@ If Unicode (for example, C<\N{}> or code points of 0x100 or
beyond) is being used, the case map used by C<\l>, C<\L>, C<\u>, and
C<\U> is as defined by Unicode. That means that case-mapping
a single character can sometimes produce several characters.
-Under C<use locale>, C<\F> produces the same results as C<\L>.
+Under C<use locale>, C<\F> produces the same results as C<\L>
+for all locales but a UTF-8 one, where it instead uses the Unicode
+definition.
All systems use the virtual C<"\n"> to represent a line terminator,
called a "newline". There is no such thing as an unvarying, physical