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diff --git a/pod/perlobj.pod b/pod/perlobj.pod
index 6cfa20c..b0592ff 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlobj.pod
+++ b/pod/perlobj.pod
@@ -151,8 +151,9 @@ There is a special array within each package called @ISA, which says
 where else to look for a method if you can't find it in the current
 package.  This is how Perl implements inheritance.  Each element of the
 @ISA array is just the name of another package that happens to be a
-class package.  The classes are searched (depth first) for missing
-methods in the order that they occur in @ISA.  The classes accessible
+class package.  The classes are searched for missing methods in
+depth-first, left-to-right order by default (see L<mro> for alternative
+search order and other in-depth information).  The classes accessible
 through @ISA are known as base classes of the current class.
 
 All classes implicitly inherit from class C<UNIVERSAL> as their
@@ -406,6 +407,13 @@ X<invocant> X<blessed>
 C<blessed> returns the name of the package the argument has been
 blessed into, or C<undef>.
 
+=item DOES(ROLE)
+
+C<DOES> returns I<true> if its object claims to perform the role C<ROLE>.
+
+By default, the response to C<DOES> is the same as the response to ISA.  For
+more information on C<DOES> and other universal methods, see L<UNIVERSAL>.
+
 =item can(METHOD)
 X<can>