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diff --git a/lib/FileHandle.pm b/lib/FileHandle.pm
index 0b5d9ed..6b3636a 100644
--- a/lib/FileHandle.pm
+++ b/lib/FileHandle.pm
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package FileHandle;
 
-use 5.003_11;
+use 5.006;
 use strict;
-use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK);
+our($VERSION, @ISA, @EXPORT, @EXPORT_OK);
 
-$VERSION = "2.00";
+$VERSION = "2.02";
 
 require IO::File;
 @ISA = qw(IO::File);
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ import IO::Handle grep { !defined(&$_) } @EXPORT, @EXPORT_OK;
 sub import {
     my $pkg = shift;
     my $callpkg = caller;
-    Exporter::export $pkg, $callpkg, @_;
+    require Exporter;
+    Exporter::export($pkg, $callpkg, @_);
 
     #
     # If the Fcntl extension is available,
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ sub import {
     #
     eval {
 	require Fcntl;
-	Exporter::export 'Fcntl', $callpkg;
+	Exporter::export('Fcntl', $callpkg);
     };
 }
 
@@ -93,6 +94,11 @@ sub pipe {
     ($r, $w);
 }
 
+# Rebless standard file handles
+bless *STDIN{IO},  "FileHandle" if ref *STDIN{IO}  eq "IO::Handle";
+bless *STDOUT{IO}, "FileHandle" if ref *STDOUT{IO} eq "IO::Handle";
+bless *STDERR{IO}, "FileHandle" if ref *STDERR{IO} eq "IO::Handle";
+
 1;
 
 __END__
@@ -105,25 +111,25 @@ FileHandle - supply object methods for filehandles
 
     use FileHandle;
 
-    $fh = new FileHandle;
-    if ($fh->open "< file") {
+    $fh = FileHandle->new;
+    if ($fh->open("< file")) {
         print <$fh>;
         $fh->close;
     }
 
-    $fh = new FileHandle "> FOO";
+    $fh = FileHandle->new("> FOO");
     if (defined $fh) {
         print $fh "bar\n";
         $fh->close;
     }
 
-    $fh = new FileHandle "file", "r";
+    $fh = FileHandle->new("file", "r");
     if (defined $fh) {
         print <$fh>;
         undef $fh;       # automatically closes the file
     }
 
-    $fh = new FileHandle "file", O_WRONLY|O_APPEND;
+    $fh = FileHandle->new("file", O_WRONLY|O_APPEND);
     if (defined $fh) {
         print $fh "corge\n";
         undef $fh;       # automatically closes the file
@@ -219,7 +225,7 @@ supported C<FileHandle> methods:
 
 Furthermore, for doing normal I/O you might need these:
 
-=over 
+=over 4
 
 =item $fh->print
 
@@ -232,17 +238,21 @@ See L<perlfunc/printf>.
 =item $fh->getline
 
 This works like <$fh> described in L<perlop/"I/O Operators">
-except that it's more readable and can be safely called in an
-array context but still returns just one line.
+except that it's more readable and can be safely called in a
+list context but still returns just one line.
 
 =item $fh->getlines
 
-This works like <$fh> when called in an array context to
+This works like <$fh> when called in a list context to
 read all the remaining lines in a file, except that it's more readable.
 It will also croak() if accidentally called in a scalar context.
 
 =back
 
+There are many other functions available since FileHandle is descended
+from IO::File, IO::Seekable, and IO::Handle.  Please see those
+respective pages for documentation on more functions.
+
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 The B<IO> extension,