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diff --git a/lib/strict.pm b/lib/strict.pm
index 99ed01d..8afb9a3 100644
--- a/lib/strict.pm
+++ b/lib/strict.pm
@@ -34,12 +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
-declared via C<use vars>,
-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>.
@@ -50,7 +60,7 @@ L<perlfunc/local>.
     local $foo = 9;	 # blows up
 
     package Cinna;
-    use vars qw/ $bar /;	# Declares $bar in current package
+    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