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diff --git a/pod/perlsub.pod b/pod/perlsub.pod
index 7bee999..2969341 100644
--- a/pod/perlsub.pod
+++ b/pod/perlsub.pod
@@ -220,9 +220,9 @@ Synopsis:
     my @oof = @bar;	# declare @oof lexical, and init it
     my $x : Foo = $y;	# similar, with an attribute applied
 
-B<WARNING>: The use of attribute lists on C<my> declarations is
-experimental.  This feature should not be relied upon.  It may
-change or disappear in future releases of Perl.  See L<attributes>.
+B<WARNING>: The use of attribute lists on C<my> declarations is still
+evolving.  The current semantics and interface are subject to change.
+See L<attributes> and L<Attribute::Handlers>.
 
 The C<my> operator declares the listed variables to be lexically
 confined to the enclosing block, conditional (C<if/unless/elsif/else>),
@@ -325,14 +325,8 @@ it.  Similarly, in the conditional
 
 the scope of $answer extends from its declaration through the rest
 of that conditional, including any C<elsif> and C<else> clauses, 
-but not beyond it.
-
-B<NOTE:> The behaviour of a C<my> statement modified with a statement
-modifier conditional or loop construct (e.g. C<my $x if ...>) is
-B<undefined>.  The value of the C<my> variable may be C<undef>, any
-previously assigned value, or possibly anything else.  Don't rely on
-it.  Future versions of perl might do something different from the
-version of perl you try it out on.  Here be dragons.
+but not beyond it.  See L<perlsyn/"Simple statements"> for information
+on the scope of variables in statements with modifiers.
 
 The C<foreach> loop defaults to scoping its index variable dynamically
 in the manner of C<local>.  However, if the index variable is
@@ -563,6 +557,13 @@ hash to some other implementation:
     }
     [..%ahash back to its initial tied self again..]
 
+B<WARNING> The code example above does not currently work as described.
+This will be fixed in a future release of Perl; in the meantime, avoid
+code that relies on any particular behaviour of localising tied arrays
+or hashes (localising individual elements is still okay).
+See L<perldelta/"Localising Tied Arrays and Hashes Is Broken"> for more
+details.
+
 As another example, a custom implementation of C<%ENV> might look
 like this:
 
@@ -679,7 +680,7 @@ subroutine never gets that chance.  Consider;
 
     # set_arr_lv cannot stop this !
     set_arr_lv() = { a => 1 };
-	
+
 =back
 
 =head2 Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
@@ -1150,8 +1151,8 @@ only occasionally and for good reason.  Typically this might be
 done by a package attempting to emulate missing built-in functionality
 on a non-Unix system.
 
-Overriding may be done only by importing the name from a
-module--ordinary predeclaration isn't good enough.  However, the
+Overriding may be done only by importing the name from a module at
+compile time--ordinary predeclaration isn't good enough.  However, the
 C<use subs> pragma lets you, in effect, predeclare subs
 via the import syntax, and these names may then override built-in ones:
 
@@ -1353,7 +1354,7 @@ parsed and invoked:
     use attributes __PACKAGE__, \&plugh, q[Ugly('\(")], 'Bad';
 
 For further details on attribute lists and their manipulation,
-see L<attributes>.
+see L<attributes> and L<Attribute::Handlers>.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO