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diff --git a/pod/perlre.pod b/pod/perlre.pod
index 96ed872997..8bd517e2e4 100644
--- a/pod/perlre.pod
+++ b/pod/perlre.pod
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ If the C<utf8> pragma is not used but the C<locale> pragma is, the
classes correlate with the usual isalpha(3) interface (except for
"word" and "blank").
-The assumedly non-obviously named classes are:
+The other named classes are:
=over 4
@@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@ If we add a C<(*PRUNE)> before the count like the following
print "Count=$count\n";
we prevent backtracking and find the count of the longest matching
-at each matching startpoint like so:
+at each matching starting point like so:
aaab
aab
@@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ outputs
Count=2
Once the 'aaab' at the start of the string has matched, and the C<(*SKIP)>
-executed, the next startpoint will be where the cursor was when the
+executed, the next starting point will be where the cursor was when the
C<(*SKIP)> was executed.
=item C<(*MARK:NAME)> C<(*:NAME)>