[patch] :utf8 updates

[perl5.git] / pod / perlrun.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlrun.pod b/pod/perlrun.pod
index 7880135..f345a78 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlrun.pod
+++ b/pod/perlrun.pod
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ C<__END__> if there is trailing garbage to be ignored (the program
 can process any or all of the trailing garbage via the DATA filehandle
 if desired).
 
-The directory, if specified, must appear immedately following the B<-x>
+The directory, if specified, must appear immediately following the B<-x>
 with no intervening whitespace.
 
 =back
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ is used. The program should instead say:
 X<PERL5OPT>
 
 Command-line options (switches).  Switches in this variable are taken
-as if they were on every Perl command line.  Only the B<-[CDIMUdmtwA]>
+as if they were on every Perl command line.  Only the B<-[CDIMUdmtw]>
 switches are allowed.  When running taint checks (because the program
 was running setuid or setgid, or the B<-T> switch was used), this
 variable is ignored.  If PERL5OPT begins with B<-T>, tainting will be
@@ -1124,9 +1124,9 @@ X<:utf8>
 
 A pseudolayer that turns on a flag on the layer below to tell perl
 that output should be in utf8 and that input should be regarded as
-already in utf8 form.  May be useful in PERLIO environment
-variable to make UTF-8 the default. (To turn off that behaviour
-use C<:bytes> layer.)
+already in valid utf8 form. It does not check for validity and as such
+should be handled with caution for input. Generally C<:encoding(utf8)> is
+the best option when reading UTF-8 encoded data.
 
 =item :win32
 X<:win32>