fix places that mean C<"word" character> but say C<alphanumeric

[perl5.git] / pod / perlre.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlre.pod b/pod/perlre.pod
index 2db4139..a82ab32 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlre.pod
+++ b/pod/perlre.pod
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ You'll need to write something like C<m/\Quser\E\@\Qhost/>.
 In addition, Perl defines the following:
 
     \w Match a "word" character (alphanumeric plus "_")
-    \W Match a non-word character
+    \W Match a non-"word" character
     \s Match a whitespace character
     \S Match a non-whitespace character
     \d Match a digit character
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ In addition, Perl defines the following:
         equivalent to C<(?:\PM\pM*)>
     \C Match a single C char (octet) even under utf8.
 
-A C<\w> matches a single alphanumeric character, not a whole word.
+A C<\w> matches a single alphanumeric character or C<_>, not a whole word.
 Use C<\w+> to match a string of Perl-identifier characters (which isn't 
 the same as matching an English word).  If C<use locale> is in effect, the
 list of alphabetic characters generated by C<\w> is taken from the
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ that looks like \\, \(, \), \<, \>, \{, or \} is always
 interpreted as a literal character, not a metacharacter.  This was
 once used in a common idiom to disable or quote the special meanings
 of regular expression metacharacters in a string that you want to
-use for a pattern. Simply quote all non-alphanumeric characters:
+use for a pattern. Simply quote all non-"word" characters:
 
     $pattern =~ s/(\W)/\\$1/g;