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diff --git a/pod/splitpod b/pod/splitpod
index 889dfa2..0e93633 100755
--- a/pod/splitpod
+++ b/pod/splitpod
@@ -10,25 +10,32 @@ while (<>) {
 
     next unless /^=(?!cut)/ .. /^=cut/;
 
-    if (s/=item (\S+)/$1/) {
+    if (/=item (\S+)/ and $1 ne '*') {
+	s/=item //; 
 	#$cur = "POSIX::" . $1;
+	$next{$cur} = $1;
 	$cur = $1;
 	$syn{$cur} .= $_;
 	next;
     } else { 
 	#s,L</,L<POSIX/,g;
 	s,L</,L<perlfunc/,g;
-	push @{$pod{$cur} ||= []}, $_ if $cur;
+	push @{$pod{$cur}}, $_ if $cur;
     }
 } 
 
 for $f ( keys %syn ) {
-    $type = $Type{$f} || next;
+    next unless $Type{$f};
     $flavor = $Flavor{$f};
     $orig = $f;
     ($name = $f) =~ s/\W//g;
+
+    # deal with several functions sharing a description
+    $func = $orig;
+    $func = $next{$func} until $pod{$func};
+    my $body = join "", @{$pod{$func}};
+
     # deal with unbalanced =over and =back cause by the split
-    my $body = $pod{$orig};
     my $has_over = $body =~ /^=over/;
     my $has_back = $body =~ /^=back/;
     $body =~ s/^=over\s*//m if $has_over and !$has_back;