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diff --git a/pod/perlrun.pod b/pod/perlrun.pod index 33d4f55db8..f345a78b7c 100644 --- a/pod/perlrun.pod +++ b/pod/perlrun.pod @@ -1124,9 +1124,9 @@ X<:utf8> A pseudolayer that turns on a flag on the layer below to tell perl that output should be in utf8 and that input should be regarded as -already in utf8 form. May be useful in PERLIO environment -variable to make UTF-8 the default. (To turn off that behaviour -use C<:bytes> layer.) +already in valid utf8 form. It does not check for validity and as such +should be handled with caution for input. Generally C<:encoding(utf8)> is +the best option when reading UTF-8 encoded data. =item :win32 X<:win32> |