fix spelling err in pod re environmental variable

[perl5.git] / pod / perlpod.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlpod.pod b/pod/perlpod.pod
index 826dea5..90bc5b1 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlpod.pod
+++ b/pod/perlpod.pod
@@ -557,9 +557,8 @@ using an C<E> code:
 This will produce: "C<$a E<lt>=E<gt> $b>"
 
 A more readable, and perhaps more "plain" way is to use an alternate
-set of delimiters that doesn't require a single ">" to be escaped.  With
-the Pod formatters that are standard starting with perl5.5.660, doubled
-angle brackets ("<<" and ">>") may be used I<if and only if there is
+set of delimiters that doesn't require a single ">" to be escaped.
+Doubled angle brackets ("<<" and ">>") may be used I<if and only if there is
 whitespace right after the opening delimiter and whitespace right
 before the closing delimiter!>  For example, the following will
 do the trick:
@@ -582,6 +581,12 @@ And they all mean exactly the same as this:
 
     C<$a E<lt>=E<gt> $b>
 
+The multiple-bracket form does not affect the interpretation of the contents of
+the formatting code, only how it must end.  That means that the examples above
+are also exactly the same as this:
+
+    C<< $a E<lt>=E<gt> $b >>
+
 As a further example, this means that if you wanted to put these bits of
 code in C<C> (code) style: