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diff --git a/pod/perlboot.pod b/pod/perlboot.pod
index d41d12e..cf8e518 100644
--- a/pod/perlboot.pod
+++ b/pod/perlboot.pod
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ reference (and thus an instance).  It then constructs an argument
 list, as per usual.
 
 Now for the fun part: Perl takes the class in which the instance was
-blessed, in this case C<Horse>, and uses that calss to locate the
+blessed, in this case C<Horse>, and uses that class to locate the
 subroutine. In this case, C<Horse::sound> is found directly (without
 using inheritance). In the end, it is as though our initial line were
 written as follows:
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ the name:
 
 Inside C<Horse::name>, the C<@_> array contains:
 
-    (C<$horse>, "some", "unnecessary", "args")
+    ($horse, "some", "unnecessary", "args")
 
 so the C<shift> stores C<$horse> into C<$self>. Then, C<$self> gets
 de-referenced with C<$$self> as normal, yielding C<"Mr. Ed">.
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ Now with the new C<named> method, we can build a horse as follows:
 
 Notice we're back to a class method, so the two arguments to
 C<Horse::named> are C<Horse> and C<Mr. Ed>.  The C<bless> operator
-not only blesses C<$name>, it also returns that reference.
+not only blesses C<\$name>, it also returns that reference.
 
 This C<Horse::named> method is called a "constructor".
 
@@ -749,8 +749,8 @@ C<Animal> might still mess up, and we'd have to override all of those
 too. Therefore, it's never a good idea to define the data layout in a
 way that's different from the data layout of the base classes. In fact,
 it's a good idea to use blessed hash references in all cases. Also, this
-is also why it's important to have constructors do the low-level work.
-So, let's redefine C<Animal>:
+is why it's important to have constructors do the low-level work. So,
+let's redefine C<Animal>:
 
   ## in Animal
   sub name {
@@ -843,14 +843,13 @@ which results in:
 
 =head2 Summary
 
-So, now we have class methods, constructors, instance methods,
-instance data, and even accessors.  But that's still just the
-beginning of what Perl has to offer.  We haven't even begun to talk
-about accessors that double as getters and setters, destructors,
-indirect object notation, subclasses that add instance data, per-class
-data, overloading, "isa" and "can" tests, C<UNIVERSAL> class, and so
-on.  That's for the rest of the Perl documentation to cover.
-Hopefully, this gets you started, though.
+So, now we have class methods, constructors, instance methods, instance
+data, and even accessors. But that's still just the beginning of what
+Perl has to offer. We haven't even begun to talk about accessors that
+double as getters and setters, destructors, indirect object notation,
+overloading, "isa" and "can" tests, the C<UNIVERSAL> class, and so on.
+That's for the rest of the Perl documentation to cover. Hopefully, this
+gets you started, though.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
@@ -867,10 +866,14 @@ Class::MethodMaker and Tie::SecureHash
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
 Copyright (c) 1999, 2000 by Randal L. Schwartz and Stonehenge
-Consulting Services, Inc.  Permission is hereby granted to distribute
-this document intact with the Perl distribution, and in accordance
-with the licenses of the Perl distribution; derived documents must
-include this copyright notice intact.
+Consulting Services, Inc.
+
+Copyright (c) 2009 by Michael F. Witten.
+
+Permission is hereby granted to distribute this document intact with
+the Perl distribution, and in accordance with the licenses of the Perl
+distribution; derived documents must include this copyright notice
+intact.
 
 Portions of this text have been derived from Perl Training materials
 originally appearing in the I<Packages, References, Objects, and