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diff --git a/pod/perlrun.pod b/pod/perlrun.pod
index 0c3fcad..e105b00 100644
--- a/pod/perlrun.pod
+++ b/pod/perlrun.pod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-B<perl>	S<[ B<-sTuUWX> ]>
+B<perl>	S<[ B<-CsTuUWX> ]>
 	S<[ B<-hv> ] [ B<-V>[:I<configvar>] ]>
 	S<[ B<-cw> ] [ B<-d>[:I<debugger>] ] [ B<-D>[I<number/list>] ]>
 	S<[ B<-pna> ] [ B<-F>I<pattern> ] [ B<-l>[I<octal>] ] [ B<-0>[I<octal>] ]>
@@ -130,13 +130,12 @@ distribution for more information).
 
 =item Win95/NT
 
-The Win95/NT installation, when using the Activeware port of Perl,
+The Win95/NT installation, when using the ActiveState installer for Perl,
 will modify the Registry to associate the F<.pl> extension with the perl
-interpreter.  If you install another port of Perl, including the one
-in the Win32 directory of the Perl distribution, then you'll have to
-modify the Registry yourself.  Note that this means you can no 
-longer tell the difference between an executable Perl program
-and a Perl library file.
+interpreter.  If you install Perl by other means (including building from
+the sources), you may have to modify the Registry yourself.  Note that
+this means you can no longer tell the difference between an executable
+Perl program and a Perl library file.
 
 =item Macintosh
 
@@ -265,12 +264,21 @@ is equivalent to
 
 An alternate delimiter may be specified using B<-F>.
 
+=item B<-C>
+
+enables Perl to use the native wide character APIs on the target system.
+The magic variable C<${^WIDE_SYSTEM_CALLS}> reflects the state of
+this switch.  See L<perlvar/"${^WIDE_SYSTEM_CALLS}">.
+
+This feature is currently only implemented on the Win32 platform.
+
 =item B<-c>
 
 causes Perl to check the syntax of the program and then exit without
-executing it.  Actually, it I<will> execute C<BEGIN>, C<END>, and C<use> blocks,
-because these are considered as occurring outside the execution of
-your program.  C<INIT> blocks, however, will be skipped.
+executing it.  Actually, it I<will> execute C<BEGIN>, C<CHECK>, and
+C<use> blocks, because these are considered as occurring outside the
+execution of your program.  C<INIT> and C<END> blocks, however, will
+be skipped.
 
 =item B<-d>
 
@@ -567,10 +575,11 @@ enables rudimentary switch parsing for switches on the command
 line after the program name but before any filename arguments (or before
 a B<-->).  Any switch found there is removed from @ARGV and sets the
 corresponding variable in the Perl program.  The following program
-prints "true" if and only if the program is invoked with a B<-xyz> switch.
+prints "1" if the program is invoked with a B<-xyz> switch, and "abc"
+if it is invoked with B<-xyz=abc>.
 
     #!/usr/bin/perl -s
-    if ($xyz) { print "true\n" }
+    if ($xyz) { print "$xyz\n" }
 
 =item B<-S>
 
@@ -692,17 +701,16 @@ can disable or promote into fatal errors specific warnings using
 C<__WARN__> hooks, as described in L<perlvar> and L<perlfunc/warn>.
 See also L<perldiag> and L<perltrap>.  A new, fine-grained warning
 facility is also available if you want to manipulate entire classes
-of warnings; see L<warnings> (or better yet, its source code) about
-that.
+of warnings; see L<warnings> or L<perllexwarn>.
 
 =item B<-W>
 
-Enables all warnings regardless of 
+Enables all warnings regardless of C<no warnings> or C<$^W>.
 See L<perllexwarn>.
 
 =item B<-X>
 
-Disables all warnings regardless of 
+Disables all warnings regardless of C<use warnings> or C<$^W>.
 See L<perllexwarn>.
 
 =item B<-x> I<directory>
@@ -741,10 +749,13 @@ used.
 
 A colon-separated list of directories in which to look for Perl library
 files before looking in the standard library and the current
-directory.  If PERL5LIB is not defined, PERLLIB is used.  When running
-taint checks (because the program was running setuid or setgid, or the
-B<-T> switch was used), neither variable is used.  The program should
-instead say
+directory.  Any architecture-specific directories under the specified
+locations are automatically included if they exist.  If PERL5LIB is not
+defined, PERLLIB is used.
+
+When running taint checks (either because the program was running setuid
+or setgid, or the B<-T> switch was used), neither variable is used.
+The program should instead say:
 
     use lib "/my/directory";
 
@@ -798,6 +809,18 @@ Relevant only if your perl executable was built with B<-DDEBUGGING>,
 this controls the behavior of global destruction of objects and other
 references.
 
+=item PERL_ROOT (specific to the VMS port)
+
+A translation concealed rooted logical name that contains perl and the
+logical device for the @INC path on VMS only.  Other logical names that
+affect perl on VMS include PERLSHR, PERL_ENV_TABLES, and 
+SYS$TIMEZONE_DIFFERENTIAL but are optional and discussed further in 
+L<perlvms> and in F<README.vms> in the Perl source distribution.
+
+=item SYS$LOGIN (specific to the VMS port)
+
+Used if chdir has no argument and HOME and LOGDIR are not set.
+
 =back
 
 Perl also has environment variables that control how Perl handles data