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diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary
index a9b86e2..80f05ed 100644
--- a/Porting/Glossary
+++ b/Porting/Glossary
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@ generates pod documentation for Config.pm from this file--please try to keep
 the formatting regular.]
 
 _a (Unix.U):
-	This variable defines the extension used for ordinary libraries.
+	This variable defines the extension used for ordinary library files.
 	For unix, it is '.a'.  The '.' is included.  Other possible
 	values include '.lib'.
 
 _exe (Unix.U):
 	This variable defines the extension used for executable files.
-	For unix it is empty.  Other possible values include '.exe'.
+	DJGPP, Cygwin and OS/2 use '.exe'.  Stratus VOS uses '.pm'.
+	On operating systems which do not require a specific extension
+	for executable files, this variable is empty.
 
 _o (Unix.U):
 	This variable defines the extension used for object files.
@@ -158,10 +160,10 @@ byacc (Loc.U):
 	the value is reset to a plain "byacc" and is not useful.
 
 byteorder (byteorder.U):
-	This variable holds the byte order. In the following, larger digits
-	indicate more significance.  The variable byteorder is either 4321
-	on a big-endian machine, or 1234 on a little-endian, or 87654321
-	on a Cray ... or 3412 with weird order !
+	This variable holds the byte order in a UV. In the following,
+	larger digits indicate more significance.  The variable byteorder
+	is either 4321 on a big-endian machine, or 1234 on a little-endian,
+	or 87654321 on a Cray ... or 3412 with weird order !
 
 c (n.U):
 	This variable contains the \c string if that is what causes the echo
@@ -1315,10 +1317,6 @@ d_nv_preserves_uv (perlxv.U):
 	This variable indicates whether a variable of type nvtype
 	can preserve all the bits a variable of type uvtype.
 
-nv_preserves_uv_bits (perlxv.U):
-	This variable indicates how many of bits type uvtype
-	a variable nvtype can preserve.
-
 d_off64_t (d_off64_t.U):
 	This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports off64_t.
 
@@ -3076,7 +3074,7 @@ libpth (libpth.U):
 
 libs (libs.U):
 	This variable holds the additional libraries we want to use.
-	It is up to the Makefile to deal with it.
+	It is up to the Makefile to deal with it.  The list can be empty.
 
 libsdirs (libs.U):
 	This variable holds the directory names aka dirnames of the libraries
@@ -3367,6 +3365,10 @@ nroff (Loc.U):
 	full pathname (if any) of the nroff program.  After Configure runs,
 	the value is reset to a plain "nroff" and is not useful.
 
+nv_preserves_uv_bits (perlxv.U):
+	This variable indicates how many of bits type uvtype
+	a variable nvtype can preserve.
+
 nveformat (perlxvf.U):
 	This variable contains the format string used for printing
 	a Perl NV using %e-ish floating point format.