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diff --git a/lib/strict.pm b/lib/strict.pm
index 176af38..8afb9a3 100644
--- a/lib/strict.pm
+++ b/lib/strict.pm
@@ -34,11 +34,22 @@ use symbolic references (see L<perlref>).
     print $$ref;	# ok
     $ref = "foo";
     print $$ref;	# runtime error; normally ok
+    $file = "STDOUT";
+    print $file "Hi!";	# error; note: no comma after $file
+
+There is one exception to this rule:
+
+    $bar = \&{'foo'};
+    &$bar;
+
+is allowed so that C<goto &$AUTOLOAD> would not break under stricture.
+
 
 =item C<strict vars>
 
 This generates a compile-time error if you access a variable that wasn't
-localized via C<my()> or wasn't fully qualified.  Because this is to avoid
+declared via "our" or C<use vars>,
+localized via C<my()>, or wasn't fully qualified.  Because this is to avoid
 variable suicide problems and subtle dynamic scoping issues, a merely
 local() variable isn't good enough.  See L<perlfunc/my> and
 L<perlfunc/local>.
@@ -48,9 +59,16 @@ L<perlfunc/local>.
     my $foo = 10;	 # ok, my() var
     local $foo = 9;	 # blows up
 
+    package Cinna;
+    our $bar;			# Declares $bar in current package
+    $bar = 'HgS';		# ok, global declared via pragma
+
 The local() generated a compile-time error because you just touched a global
 name without fully qualifying it.
 
+Because of their special use by sort(), the variables $a and $b are
+exempted from this check.
+
 =item C<strict subs>
 
 This disables the poetry optimization, generating a compile-time error if
@@ -67,7 +85,7 @@ appears in curly braces or on the left hand side of the "=E<gt>" symbol.
 
 =back
 
-See L<perlmod/Pragmatic Modules>.
+See L<perlmodlib/Pragmatic Modules>.
 
 
 =cut