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diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index 52de7fd..c1efce7 100644
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ name of the filehandle.
 DISCIPLINE can be either of C<:raw> for binary mode or C<:crlf> for
 "text" mode.  If the DISCIPLINE is omitted, it defaults to C<:raw>.
 Returns true on success, C<undef> on failure.  To mark FILEHANDLE as
-UTF-8, use C<:utf8>, and to mark the as bytes, use C<:bytes>.
+UTF-8, use C<:utf8>, and to mark it as bytes, use C<:bytes>.
 
 The C<:raw> are C<:clrf>, and any other directives of the form
 C<:...>, are called I/O I<disciplines>.  The C<open> pragma can be
@@ -554,11 +554,13 @@ C<$is_require> are set: C<$is_require> is true if the frame is created by a
 C<require> or C<use> statement, $evaltext contains the text of the
 C<eval EXPR> statement.  In particular, for an C<eval BLOCK> statement,
 $filename is C<(eval)>, but $evaltext is undefined.  (Note also that
-each C<use> statement creates a C<require> frame inside an C<eval EXPR>)
-frame.  C<$hasargs> is true if a new instance of C<@_> was set up for the
-frame.  C<$hints> and C<$bitmask> contain pragmatic hints that the caller
-was compiled with.  The C<$hints> and C<$bitmask> values are subject to
-change between versions of Perl, and are not meant for external use.
+each C<use> statement creates a C<require> frame inside an C<eval EXPR>
+frame.)  $subroutine may also be C<(unknown)> if this particular
+subroutine happens to have been deleted from the symbol table.
+C<$hasargs> is true if a new instance of C<@_> was set up for the frame.
+C<$hints> and C<$bitmask> contain pragmatic hints that the caller was
+compiled with.  The C<$hints> and C<$bitmask> values are subject to change
+between versions of Perl, and are not meant for external use.
 
 Furthermore, when called from within the DB package, caller returns more
 detailed information: it sets the list variable C<@DB::args> to be the
@@ -1087,7 +1089,7 @@ This is useful for propagating exceptions:
 If LIST is empty and C<$@> contains an object reference that has a
 C<PROPAGATE> method, that method will be called with additional file
 and line number parameters.  The return value replaces the value in
-C<$@>.  ie. as if C<<$@ = eval { $@->PROPAGATE(__FILE__, __LINE__) };>> 
+C<$@>.  ie. as if C<<$@ = eval { $@->PROPAGATE(__FILE__, __LINE__) };>>
 were called.
 
 If C<$@> is empty then the string C<"Died"> is used.
@@ -1278,7 +1280,7 @@ formed from the files listed on the command line and accessed via the
 C<< <> >> operator.  Since C<< <> >> isn't explicitly opened,
 as a normal filehandle is, an C<eof()> before C<< <> >> has been
 used will cause C<@ARGV> to be examined to determine if input is
-available.   Similarly, an C<eof()> after C<< <> >> has returned 
+available.   Similarly, an C<eof()> after C<< <> >> has returned
 end-of-file will assume you are processing another C<@ARGV> list,
 and if you haven't set C<@ARGV>, will read input from C<STDIN>;
 see L<perlop/"I/O Operators">.
@@ -2467,12 +2469,13 @@ and the month of the year, may not necessarily be three characters wide.
 
 =item lock THING
 
-This function places an advisory lock on a variable, subroutine,
-or referenced object contained in I<THING> until the lock goes out
-of scope.  This is a built-in function only if your version of Perl
-was built with threading enabled, and if you've said C<use Thread>.
-Otherwise a user-defined function by this name will be called.
-See L<Thread>.
+This function places an advisory lock on a shared variable, or referenced 
+object contained in I<THING> until the lock goes out of scope.
+
+lock() is a "weak keyword" : this means that if you've defined a function
+by this name (before any calls to it), that function will be called
+instead. (However, if you've said C<use threads>, lock() is always a
+keyword.) See L<threads>.
 
 =item log EXPR
 
@@ -2713,7 +2716,7 @@ strict 'refs'> should I<not> be in effect.)
 If EXPR is omitted, the scalar variable of the same name as the
 FILEHANDLE contains the filename.  (Note that lexical variables--those
 declared with C<my>--will not work for this purpose; so if you're
-using C<my>, specify EXPR in your call to open.) 
+using C<my>, specify EXPR in your call to open.)
 
 If three or more arguments are specified then the mode of opening and
 the file name are separate. If MODE is C<< '<' >> or nothing, the file
@@ -2784,7 +2787,7 @@ If you're running Perl on a system that distinguishes between text
 files and binary files, then you should check out L</binmode> for tips
 for dealing with this.  The key distinction between systems that need
 C<binmode> and those that don't is their text file formats.  Systems
-like Unix, MacOS, and Plan9, which delimit lines with a single
+like Unix, Mac OS, and Plan 9, which delimit lines with a single
 character, and which encode that character in C as C<"\n">, do not
 need C<binmode>.  The rest need it.
 
@@ -2887,7 +2890,7 @@ C<STDERR> using various methods:
     #!/usr/bin/perl
     open my $oldout, ">&STDOUT"     or die "Can't dup STDOUT: $!";
     open OLDERR,     ">&", \*STDERR or die "Can't dup STDERR: $!";
- 
+
     open STDOUT, '>', "foo.out" or die "Can't redirect STDOUT: $!";
     open STDERR, ">&STDOUT"     or die "Can't dup STDOUT: $!";
 
@@ -4249,6 +4252,9 @@ You can effect a sleep of 250 milliseconds this way:
 
     select(undef, undef, undef, 0.25);
 
+Note that whether C<select> gets restarted after signals (say, SIGALRM)
+is implementation-dependent.
+
 B<WARNING>: One should not attempt to mix buffered I/O (like C<read>
 or <FH>) with C<select>, except as permitted by POSIX, and even
 then only on POSIX systems.  You have to use C<sysread> instead.
@@ -4960,7 +4966,7 @@ Most programs won't even call srand() at all, except those that
 need a cryptographically-strong starting point rather than the
 generally acceptable default, which is based on time of day,
 process ID, and memory allocation, or the F</dev/urandom> device,
-if available. 
+if available.
 
 You can call srand($seed) with the same $seed to reproduce the
 I<same> sequence from rand(), but this is usually reserved for
@@ -5607,7 +5613,7 @@ package.
 =item time
 
 Returns the number of non-leap seconds since whatever time the system
-considers to be the epoch (that's 00:00:00, January 1, 1904 for MacOS,
+considers to be the epoch (that's 00:00:00, January 1, 1904 for Mac OS,
 and 00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970 for most other systems).
 Suitable for feeding to C<gmtime> and C<localtime>.
 
@@ -5907,8 +5913,6 @@ by C<use>, i.e., it calls C<unimport Module LIST> instead of C<import>.
     no strict 'refs';
     no warnings;
 
-If no C<unimport> method can be found the call fails with a fatal error.
-
 See L<perlmodlib> for a list of standard modules and pragmas.  See L<perlrun>
 for the C<-M> and C<-m> command-line options to perl that give C<use>
 functionality from the command-line.