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diff --git a/pod/perlglossary.pod b/pod/perlglossary.pod
index 31a20de..1663ad3 100644
--- a/pod/perlglossary.pod
+++ b/pod/perlglossary.pod
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ regular operators.  See L<perlop>.
 
 =item autoincrement
 
-To add one to something automatically, hence the name of the the C<++>
+To add one to something automatically, hence the name of the C<++>
 operator.  To instead subtract one from something automatically is
 known as an "autodecrement".
 
@@ -793,6 +793,17 @@ textual object, not to be confused with a L</separator> or
 L</terminator>.  "To delimit" really just means "to surround" or "to
 enclose" (like these parentheses are doing).
 
+=item deprecated modules and features
+
+Deprecated modules and features are those which were part of a stable
+release, but later found to be subtly flawed, and which should be avoided.
+They are subject to removal and/or bug-incompatible reimplementation in
+the next major release (but they will be preserved through maintainance
+releases).  Deprecation warnings are issued under B<-w> or C<use
+diagnostics>, and notices are found in L<perldelta>s, as well as various
+other PODs. Coding practices that misuse features, such as C<my $foo if
+0>, can also be deprecated.
+
 =item dereference
 
 A fancy computer science term meaning "to follow a L</reference> to
@@ -862,6 +873,17 @@ A standard, bundled release of a system of software.  The default
 usage implies source code is included.  If that is not the case, it
 will be called a "binary-only" distribution.
 
+=item (to be) dropped modules
+
+When Perl 5 was first released (see L<perlhistory>), several modules were
+included, which have now fallen out of common use.  It has been suggested
+that these modules should be removed, since the distribution became rather
+large, and the common criterion for new module additions is now limited to
+modules that help to build, test, and extend perl itself.  Furthermore,
+the CPAN (which didn't exist by the time of Perl 5.0) can become a new
+home dropped modules. Dropping modules is currently not an option, but
+further developments may clear the last barriers.
+
 =item dweomer
 
 An enchantment, illusion, phantasm, or jugglery.  Said when Perl's
@@ -3380,4 +3402,4 @@ administrator will Not Be Happy with you.
 Based on the Glossary of Programming Perl, Third Edition,
 by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen & Jon Orwant.
 Copyright (c) 2000, 1996, 1991 O'Reilly Media, Inc.
-Used with permission.
+This document may be distributed under the same terms as Perl itself.