`@foo' should be @foo for consistency.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@12135

diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod
index 94c6526..4dd8d40 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldiag.pod
+++ b/pod/perldiag.pod
@@ -2797,9 +2797,9 @@ Perl assumes that memory is now corrupted.  See L<perlfunc/ioctl>.
 =item Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string
 
 (W ambiguous) You said something like `@foo' in a double-quoted string
-but there was no array C<@foo> in scope at the time.  If you wanted
-literally to say `@foo' then backslash it: `\@foo'; otherwise find out
-what happened to the array you apparently lost track of.
+but there was no array C<@foo> in scope at the time. If you wanted a
+literal @foo, then write it as \@foo; otherwise find out what happened
+to the array you apparently lost track of.
 
 =item Possible Y2K bug: %s