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diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod
index 271633e..571953f 100644
--- a/pod/perlvar.pod
+++ b/pod/perlvar.pod
@@ -1091,9 +1091,15 @@ regular expression assertion (see L<perlre>).  May be written to.
 
 =item $^S
 
-Current state of the interpreter.  Undefined if parsing of the current
-module/eval is not finished (may happen in $SIG{__DIE__} and
-$SIG{__WARN__} handlers).  True if inside an eval(), otherwise false.
+Current state of the interpreter.
+
+    $^S         State
+    ---------   -------------------
+    undef       Parsing module/eval
+    true (1)    Executing an eval
+    false (0)   Otherwise
+
+The first state may happen in $SIG{__DIE__} and $SIG{__WARN__} handlers.
 
 =item $BASETIME
 
@@ -1107,7 +1113,14 @@ and B<-C> filetests are based on this value.
 
 Reflects if taint mode is on or off.  1 for on (the program was run with
 B<-T>), 0 for off, -1 when only taint warnings are enabled (i.e. with
-B<-t> or B<-TU>).
+B<-t> or B<-TU>).  This variable is read-only.
+
+=item ${^UNICODE}
+
+Reflects certain Unicode settings of Perl.  See L<perlrun>
+documentation for the C<-C> switch for more information about
+the possible values. This variable is set during Perl startup
+and is thereafter read-only.
 
 =item $PERL_VERSION
 
@@ -1148,21 +1161,6 @@ related to the B<-w> switch.)  See also L<warnings>.
 The current set of warning checks enabled by the C<use warnings> pragma.
 See the documentation of C<warnings> for more details.
 
-=item ${^WIDE_SYSTEM_CALLS}
-
-Global flag that enables system calls made by Perl to use wide character
-APIs native to the system, if available.  This is currently only implemented
-on the Windows platform.
-
-This can also be enabled from the command line using the C<-C> switch.
-
-The initial value is typically C<0> for compatibility with Perl versions
-earlier than 5.6, but may be automatically set to C<1> by Perl if the system
-provides a user-settable default (e.g., C<$ENV{LC_CTYPE}>).
-
-The C<bytes> pragma always overrides the effect of this flag in the current
-lexical scope.  See L<bytes>.
-
 =item $EXECUTABLE_NAME
 
 =item $^X
@@ -1346,6 +1344,10 @@ this:
 
 See L<POSIX>.
 
+The delivery policy of signals changed in Perl 5.8.0 from immediate
+(also known as "unsafe") to deferred, also known as "safe signals".
+See L<perlipc> for more information.
+
 Certain internal hooks can be also set using the %SIG hash.  The
 routine indicated by C<$SIG{__WARN__}> is called when a warning message is
 about to be printed.  The warning message is passed as the first
@@ -1485,7 +1487,7 @@ exempt in these ways:
 	ENV		STDIN
 	INC		STDOUT
 	ARGV		STDERR
-	ARGVOUT
+	ARGVOUT		_
 	SIG
 
 In particular, the new special C<${^_XYZ}> variables are always taken