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diff --git a/pod/perldata.pod b/pod/perldata.pod
index 42e3af7..64ea8be 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldata.pod
+++ b/pod/perldata.pod
@@ -280,10 +280,10 @@ integer formats:
 
 You are allowed to use underscores (underbars) in numeric literals for
 legibility, as long as the underscores are spaced at least one digit
-apart, and they do not begin or end the integer or fractional part.
-You could, for example, group binary digits by threes (as for
-a Unix-style mode argument such as 0b110_100_100) or by fours
-(to represent nibbles, as in 0b1010_0110) or in other groups.
+apart, and they do not begin or end the integer or fractional part of
+a decimal constant.  You could, for example, group binary digits by
+threes (as for a Unix-style mode argument such as 0b110_100_100) or by
+fours (to represent nibbles, as in 0b1010_0110) or in other groups.
 
 (Note that if you try to begin a number with an underscore, it won't
 even be understood as a number, it will be understood as a bareword,

diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod
index e09df2b..a594f53 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldiag.pod
+++ b/pod/perldiag.pod
@@ -1873,9 +1873,10 @@ ended earlier on the current line.
 =item Misplaced _ in number
 
 (W syntax) An underscore (underbar) in a numeric constant either
-immediately followed an earlier underscore, or an underscore began or
-ended a numeric constant, or its fractional part (in the case of
-decimal constants) began or ended with an underscore.
+immediately followed an earlier underscore; or an underscore ended a
+numeric constant, or, in the case of decimal constants, an underscore
+began or ended its fractional part.  (If you try to begin a numerical
+constant with an underscore, it won't even be recognized as a number.)
 
 =item Missing %sbrace%s on \N{}