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diff --git a/pod/perl593delta.pod b/pod/perl593delta.pod
index 4a1a305..6c8587a 100644
--- a/pod/perl593delta.pod
+++ b/pod/perl593delta.pod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 =head1 NAME
 
-perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.3
+perl593delta - what is new for perl v5.9.3
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ details. (Contributed by Gisle Aas.)
 The support for assertions, introduced in perl 5.9.0, has been improved.
 The syntax for the C<-A> command-line switch has changed; it now accepts
 an optional module name, defaulting to C<assertions::activate>. See
-L<assertions> and L<perlrun>. (Contributed by Salvador Fandiño García.)
+L<assertions> and L<perlrun>. (Contributed by Salvador Fandiño García.)
 
 =head2 Unicode Character Database 4.1.0
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ been updated to 4.1.0.
 =head2 C<no VERSION>
 
 You can now use C<no> followed by a version number to specify that you
-want to use a version of perl inferior to the specified one.
+want to use a version of perl older than the specified one.
 
 =head2 Recursive sort subs
 
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ C<Archive::Tar> is a module to manipulate C<tar> archives.
 C<Digest::SHA> is a module used to calculate many types of SHA digests,
 has been included for SHA support in the CPAN module.
 
+=item *
+
+C<ExtUtils::CBuilder> and C<ExtUtils::ParseXS> have been added.
+
 =back
 
 =head1 Utility Changes
@@ -198,6 +202,12 @@ has been included for SHA support in the CPAN module.
 C<ptar> is a pure perl implementation of C<tar>, that comes with
 C<Archive::Tar>.
 
+=head2 C<ptardiff>
+
+C<ptardiff> is a small script used to generate a diff between the contents
+of a tar archive and a directory tree. Like C<ptar>, it comes with
+C<Archive::Tar>.
+
 =head2 C<shasum>
 
 This command-line utility, used to print or to check SHA digests, comes
@@ -225,6 +235,8 @@ The L<perlglossary> manpage is a glossary of terms used in the Perl
 documentation, technical and otherwise, kindly provided by O'Reilly Media,
 Inc.
 
+L<perltodo> now lists a rough roadmap to Perl 5.10.
+
 =head1 Performance Enhancements
 
 =head2 XS-assisted SWASHGET
@@ -251,7 +263,7 @@ their system dependent constants - as a result C<use POSIX;> now takes about
 
 The new compilation flag C<PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV>, introduced as an option
 in perl 5.8.8, is turned on by default in perl 5.9.3. It prevents perl
-from creating an empty scalar with every new typeglob. See L<perl588delta>
+from creating an empty scalar with every new typeglob. See L<perl589delta>
 for details.
 
 =head2 Weak references are cheaper
@@ -262,7 +274,7 @@ happens at program exit, it may be skipped completely.
 
 =head2 sort() enhancements
 
-Salvador Fandiño provided improvements to reduce the memory usage of C<sort>
+Salvador Fandiño provided improvements to reduce the memory usage of C<sort>
 and to speed up some cases.
 
 =head1 Installation and Configuration Improvements
@@ -344,7 +356,7 @@ was backed out.
 
 Using the sprintf() function with some formats could lead to a buffer
 overflow in some specific cases. This has been fixed, along with several
-other bugs, notably in bound checking.
+other bugs, notably in bounds checking.
 
 In related fixes, it was possible for badly written code that did not follow
 the documentation of C<Sys::Syslog> to have formatting vulnerabilities.
@@ -378,7 +390,7 @@ Trailing spaces are now trimmed from C<$!> and C<$^E>.
 
 =item *
 
-Operations that require perl to read a process' list of groups, such as reads
+Operations that require perl to read a process's list of groups, such as reads
 of C<$(> and C<$)>, now dynamically allocate memory rather than using a
 fixed sized array. The fixed size array could cause C stack exhaustion on
 systems configured to use large numbers of groups.
@@ -389,8 +401,8 @@ C<PerlIO::scalar> now works better with non-default C<$/> settings.
 
 =item *
 
-You can now use the C<x> operator to repeat a C<qw//> list. This used
-to raise a syntax error. For example: C<qw(foo bar) x 3>.
+The C<x> repetition operator is now able to operate on C<qw//> lists. This
+used to raise a syntax error.
 
 =item *
 
@@ -511,10 +523,6 @@ C<AV*> parameters.
 The inheritance hierarchy of C<B::> modules has changed; C<B::NV> now
 inherits from C<B::SV> (it used to inherit from C<B::IV>).
 
-=head1 Known Problems
-
-=head2 Platform Specific Problems
-
 =head1 Reporting Bugs
 
 If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles