1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pod/splitpod b/pod/splitpod
index fd38e51acf..0e936337e3 100755
--- a/pod/splitpod
+++ b/pod/splitpod
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ while (<>) {
 
     next unless /^=(?!cut)/ .. /^=cut/;
 
-    if (s/=item (\S+)/$1/) {
+    if (/=item (\S+)/ and $1 ne '*') {
+	s/=item //; 
 	#$cur = "POSIX::" . $1;
 	$next{$cur} = $1;
 	$cur = $1;