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diff --git a/pod/perlxs.pod b/pod/perlxs.pod
index c578a2e..98a9834 100644
--- a/pod/perlxs.pod
+++ b/pod/perlxs.pod
@@ -181,10 +181,10 @@ directive is used which sets ST(0) explicitly.
 
 Older versions of this document recommended to use C<void> return
 value in such cases. It was discovered that this could lead to
-segfaults in cases when XSUB was I<truely> C<void>. This practice is
+segfaults in cases when XSUB was I<truly> C<void>. This practice is
 now deprecated, and may be not supported at some future version. Use
 the return value C<SV *> in such cases. (Currently C<xsubpp> contains
-some heuristic code which tries to disambiguate between "truely-void"
+some heuristic code which tries to disambiguate between "truly-void"
 and "old-practice-declared-as-void" functions. Hence your code is at
 mercy of this heuristics unless you use C<SV *> as return value.)
 
@@ -387,9 +387,9 @@ the same line where the input variable is declared.  If the
 initialization begins with C<;> or C<+>, then it is output after
 all of the input variables have been declared.  The C<=> and C<;>
 cases replace the initialization normally supplied from the typemap.
-For the C<+> case, the initialization from the typemap will preceed
+For the C<+> case, the initialization from the typemap will precede
 the initialization code included after the C<+>.  A global
-variable, C<%v>, is available for the truely rare case where
+variable, C<%v>, is available for the truly rare case where
 information from one initialization is needed in another
 initialization.
 
@@ -553,9 +553,10 @@ The XS code, with ellipsis, follows.
           time_t timep = NO_INIT
 	  PREINIT:
           char *host = "localhost";
+	  STRLEN n_a;
           CODE:
 		  if( items > 1 )
-		       host = (char *)SvPV(ST(1), PL_na);
+		       host = (char *)SvPV(ST(1), n_a);
 		  RETVAL = rpcb_gettime( host, &timep );
           OUTPUT:
           timep
@@ -786,9 +787,10 @@ prototypes.
 	  PROTOTYPE: $;$
 	  PREINIT:
           char *host = "localhost";
+	  STRLEN n_a;
           CODE:
 		  if( items > 1 )
-		       host = (char *)SvPV(ST(1), PL_na);
+		       host = (char *)SvPV(ST(1), n_a);
 		  RETVAL = rpcb_gettime( host, &timep );
           OUTPUT:
           timep
@@ -1212,13 +1214,15 @@ getnetconfigent() XSUB and an object created by a normal Perl subroutine.
 The typemap is a collection of code fragments which are used by the B<xsubpp>
 compiler to map C function parameters and values to Perl values.  The
 typemap file may consist of three sections labeled C<TYPEMAP>, C<INPUT>, and
-C<OUTPUT>.  The INPUT section tells the compiler how to translate Perl values
+C<OUTPUT>.  Any unlabelled initial section is assumed to be a C<TYPEMAP>
+section if a name is not explicitly specified.  The INPUT section tells
+the compiler how to translate Perl values
 into variables of certain C types.  The OUTPUT section tells the compiler
 how to translate the values from certain C types into values Perl can
 understand.  The TYPEMAP section tells the compiler which of the INPUT and
 OUTPUT code fragments should be used to map a given C type to a Perl value.
-Each of the sections of the typemap must be preceded by one of the TYPEMAP,
-INPUT, or OUTPUT keywords.
+The section labels C<TYPEMAP>, C<INPUT>, or C<OUTPUT> must begin
+in the first column on a line by themselves, and must be in uppercase.
 
 The default typemap in the C<ext> directory of the Perl source contains many
 useful types which can be used by Perl extensions.  Some extensions define