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@@ -401,9 +401,10 @@ Win9x can not rename() an open file (although WinNT can).
 The Cygwin chroot() implementation has holes (it can not restrict file
 access by native Win32 programs).
 
-Inplace editing ( perl -i ) of files doesn't work without doing a backup 
-of the file being edited ( perl -i.bak ).
-  
+Inplace editing C<perl -i> of files doesn't work without doing a backup 
+of the file being edited C<perl -i.bak> because of windowish restrictions,
+so Perl adds the C<.bak> automatically if you just use C<perl -i>.
+
 =back
 
 =head1 INSTALL PERL ON CYGWIN