perlfunc.pod: fix incorrect short description of `length`

Thanks to ranguard for pointing out the report at
https://github.com/perlorg/perlweb/issues/65

diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index f39974e..9d35adf 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -3361,7 +3361,7 @@ X<length> X<size>
 
 =item length
 
-=for Pod::Functions return the number of bytes in a string
+=for Pod::Functions return the number of characters in a string
 
 Returns the length in I<characters> of the value of EXPR.  If EXPR is
 omitted, returns the length of C<$_>.  If EXPR is undefined, returns