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diff --git a/pod/perlport.pod b/pod/perlport.pod
index 10723ee3a4..44b4ebed81 100644
--- a/pod/perlport.pod
+++ b/pod/perlport.pod
@@ -1287,6 +1287,9 @@ Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>)
Implemented via Spawn. (VM/ESA)
+Does not automatically flush output handles on some platforms.
+(SunOS, Solaris, HP-UX)
+
=item fcntl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR
Not implemented. (Win32, VMS)
@@ -1299,7 +1302,12 @@ Available only on Windows NT (not on Windows 95). (Win32)
=item fork
-Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, Win32, AmigaOS, S<RISC OS>, VOS, VM/ESA)
+Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, AmigaOS, S<RISC OS>, VOS, VM/ESA)
+
+Emulated using multiple interpreters. See L<perlfork>. (Win32)
+
+Does not automatically flush output handles on some platforms.
+(SunOS, Solaris, HP-UX)
=item getlogin
@@ -1502,6 +1510,9 @@ The C<|> variants are supported only if ToolServer is installed.
open to C<|-> and C<-|> are unsupported. (S<Mac OS>, Win32, S<RISC OS>)
+Opening a process does not automatically flush output handles on some
+platforms. (SunOS, Solaris, HP-UX)
+
=item pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE
Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>)
@@ -1618,6 +1629,9 @@ Far from being POSIX compliant. Because there may be no underlying
first token in its argument string. Handles basic redirection
("<" or ">") on its own behalf. (MiNT)
+Does not automatically flush output handles on some platforms.
+(SunOS, Solaris, HP-UX)
+
=item times
Only the first entry returned is nonzero. (S<Mac OS>)