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diff --git a/pod/perlsec.pod b/pod/perlsec.pod
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+++ b/pod/perlsec.pod
@@ -134,10 +134,8 @@ For example:
@files = <*.c>; # insecure (uses readdir() or similar)
@files = glob('*.c'); # insecure (uses readdir() or similar)
- # In Perl releases older than 5.6.0 the <*.c> and glob('*.c') would
- # have used an external program to do the filename expansion; but in
- # either case the result is tainted since the list of filenames comes
- # from outside of the program.
+ # In either case, the results of glob are tainted, since the list of
+ # filenames comes from outside of the program.
$bad = ($arg, 23); # $bad will be tainted
$arg, `true`; # Insecure (although it isn't really)