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diff --git a/pod/perlsub.pod b/pod/perlsub.pod
index ce3b120..2969341 100644
--- a/pod/perlsub.pod
+++ b/pod/perlsub.pod
@@ -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
@@ -1157,8 +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: