perlretut: "-" is sometimes a metacharacter

[perl5.git] / pod / perlretut.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlretut.pod b/pod/perlretut.pod
index 4e6a120..9c1671e 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlretut.pod
+++ b/pod/perlretut.pod
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ need to know about.   First of all, not all characters can be used "as
 is" in a match.  Some characters, called I<metacharacters>, are reserved
 for use in regexp notation.  The metacharacters are
 
-    {}[]()^$.|*+?\
+    {}[]()^$.|*+?-\
 
 The significance of each of these will be explained
 in the rest of the tutorial, but for now, it is important only to know