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diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Components.pod b/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Components.pod
index c8133f1..45283e6 100644
--- a/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Components.pod
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Components.pod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 =head1 NAME
 
-Catalyst::Manual::Component - Reuseable components for Catalyst applications
+Catalyst::Manual::Components - Reuseable components for Catalyst applications
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -18,15 +18,20 @@ status or preferred use of your chosen plugin/framework.
 
 =head1 PLUGINS
 
+Take care with plugins!  In general with a plugin ask "should this be
+acting globally on my application?".  If not it should be a
+Controller Role (e.g. see L<Catalyst::TraitFor::Controller::reCAPTCHA>.
+
 =head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::Account::AutoDiscovery>
 
 Provides Account Auto-Discovery for Catalyst.
 
 =head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::Acme::Scramble>
 
-Implements a potent meme about how easily we can read scrambled text if
-the first and last letters remain constant. Operates on text/plain and
-text/html served by your Catalyst application.
+Implements a demonstration showing how easily fluent speakers can read
+scrambled text if the first and last letters remain constant but the middle
+. Operates on text/plain and text/html served by your Catalyst application.
+This should really be a controller role, or even a View these days.
 
 =head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::Alarm>
 
@@ -48,9 +53,9 @@ Note that newer versions of the authentication plugin allow multiple
 C<realms>, so that you can authenticate users in different ways in different
 parts of your application.
 
-This, however, has involved deprecated all classes in the
-C<Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::Credential::XXX> and
-C<Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::Store::XXX> namespaces.
+This, however, has involved deprecating all classes in the
+C<Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::Credential::> and
+C<Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::Store::> namespaces.
 
 These plugins are still usable, but they have mostly been replaced with
 new modules in the new namespace which will work together.
@@ -138,7 +143,7 @@ This module implements the Catalyst::Authentication API for L<Apache::AuthTkt>.
 
 =head4 L<Catalyst::Authentication::Store::DBI>
 
-Allows you to use a plain L<DBI> database connection to identify users. 
+Allows you to use a plain L<DBI> database connection to identify users.
 
 =head4 L<Catalyst::Authentication::Store::Htpasswd>
 
@@ -156,7 +161,7 @@ Authenticates users using an LDAP server.
 =head4 L<Catalyst::Authentication::Store::Minimal>
 
 Lets you create a very quick and dirty user database in your application's
-config hash. Great for getting up and running quickly.
+config hash. Great for testing or getting up and running quickly.
 
 =head4 L<Catalyst::Authentication::Store::Null>
 
@@ -200,6 +205,9 @@ authorization for Catalyst based on L<Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication>.
 
 =head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::AutoSession>
 
+L<Catalyst::Plugin::AutoSession> enables specified request parameters
+to generate session variables.
+
 =head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::Browser>
 
 Extends L<Catalyst::Request> by adding the capability of browser
@@ -229,6 +237,8 @@ the C<< Cache:: >> APO, such as:
 
 =head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::Charsets::Japanese>
 
+Provides specific charset handlers for the Japanese charsets.
+
 =head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::Compress::Bzip2>
 
 =head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::Compress::Deflate>
@@ -258,16 +268,10 @@ L<Catalyst::Plugin::ConfigLoader::YAML>
 
 =head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::Dumper>
 
-=head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::Email>
-
-Sends email with L<Email::Send> and L<Email::MIME::Creator>.
-
 =head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::Email::Japanese>
 
 =head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::Email::Page>
 
-=head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::EmailValid>
-
 =head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::FillInForm>
 
 A plugin based on C<HTML::FillInForm>, which describes itself as a module
@@ -333,6 +337,8 @@ easily implement AJAX functionality without actually knowing Javascript.
 
 =head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::Redirect>
 
+Allows for easy redirecting with the Catalyst app.
+
 =head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::RequestToken>
 
 =head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::RequireSSL>
@@ -409,18 +415,24 @@ for portal software and such.
 An interface to the L<HTML::SuperForm> module, enabling easy HTML form
 creation.
 
-=head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::Unicode>
+=head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::Unicode::Encoding>
 
 Provides a Unicode-aware Catalyst. On request, it decodes all params from
 UTF-8 octets into a sequence of logical characters. On response, it encodes
 the body into UTF-8 octets.
 
-=head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::Unicode::Encoding>
+=head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::Unicode>
+
+Disrecommended plugin which tries to autodetect the uft8ness of the output
+and do the correct thing. This may work in some cases, but if it helps,
+you've already painted yourself into a corner - try to avoid!
 
 =head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::Upload::Basename>
 
 =head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::Upload::MD5>
 
+Computes the MD5 message digest of uploaded files.
+
 =head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::Upload::MIME>
 
 =head2 L<Catalyst::Plugin::UploadProgress>
@@ -433,23 +445,23 @@ Allows your Controller class to dispatch XMLRPC methods from its own class.
 
 =head2 L<Catalyst::Controller::HTML::FormFu>
 
-Catalyst integration for <HTML::FormFu>.
+Catalyst integration for L<HTML::FormFu>.
 
 =head1 MODELS
 
 =head2 L<Catalyst::Model::CDBI>
 
-The C<Class::DBI> (CDBI) model class.  It is built on top of
-C<Class::DBI::Loader>, which automates the definition of C<Class::DBI>
+The L<Class::DBI> (CDBI) model class.  It is built on top of
+L<Class::DBI::Loader>, which automates the definition of L<Class::DBI>
 sub-classes by scanning the underlying table schemas, setting up columns
 and primary keys.
 
 =head2 L<Catalyst::Model::CDBI::Plain>
 
-A neutral interface to the C<Class::DBI> module which does not attempt
+A neutral interface to the L<Class::DBI> module which does not attempt
 to automate table setup. It allows the user to manually set up
-C<Class::DBI> classes, either by doing so within the Catalyst model
-classes themselves, or by inheriting from existing C<Class::DBI>
+L<Class::DBI> classes, either by doing so within the Catalyst model
+classes themselves, or by inheriting from existing L<Class::DBI>
 classes.
 
 =head2 L<Catalyst::Model::DBIC::Schema>