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diff --git a/pod/perltrap.pod b/pod/perltrap.pod
index bd71ad17a2..3d31173584 100644
--- a/pod/perltrap.pod
+++ b/pod/perltrap.pod
@@ -1111,7 +1111,10 @@ reverse is no longer allowed as the name of a sort subroutine.
# perl4 prints: yup yup yup yup abc
# perl5 prints: abc
-=item * warn() specifically implies STDERR
+=item * warn() won't let you specify a filehandle.
+
+Although it _always_ printed to STDERR, warn() would let you specify a
+filehandle in perl4. With perl5 it does not.
warn STDERR "Foo!";