Better wording for the return value of select()

(bug #41907)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@30646

diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index f12b8d9..30387c2 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -4824,8 +4824,8 @@ X<select> X<filehandle, default>
 
 =item select
 
-Returns the currently selected filehandle.  Sets the current default
-filehandle for output, if FILEHANDLE is supplied.  This has two
+Returns the currently selected filehandle.  If FILEHANDLE is supplied,
+sets the new current default filehandle for output.  This has two
 effects: first, a C<write> or a C<print> without a filehandle will
 default to this FILEHANDLE.  Second, references to variables related to
 output will refer to this output channel.  For example, if you have to