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diff --git a/pod/perldata.pod b/pod/perldata.pod
index 254304c..d828d4a 100644
--- a/pod/perldata.pod
+++ b/pod/perldata.pod
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ integer formats:
     4_294_967_296       # underscore for legibility
     0xff                # hex
     0xdead_beef         # more hex   
-    0377                # octal
+    0377                # octal (only numbers, begins with 0)
     0b011011            # binary
 
 You are allowed to use underscores (underbars) in numeric literals
@@ -336,8 +336,9 @@ In fact, an identifier within such curlies is forced to be a string,
 as is any simple identifier within a hash subscript.  Neither need
 quoting.  Our earlier example, C<$days{'Feb'}> can be written as
 C<$days{Feb}> and the quotes will be assumed automatically.  But
-anything more complicated in the subscript will be interpreted as
-an expression.
+anything more complicated in the subscript will be interpreted as an
+expression.  This means for example that C<$version{2.0}++> is
+equivalent to C<$version{2}++>, not to C<$version{'2.0'}++>.
 
 =head3 Version Strings