More $0 sad tales.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@19994

diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod
index 3a2ed3f..43e1468 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlvar.pod
+++ b/pod/perlvar.pod
@@ -853,6 +853,8 @@ space occupied by the original C<$0>.
 
 In some platforms there may be arbitrary amount of padding, for
 example space characters, after the modified name as shown by C<ps>.
+In some platforms this padding may extend all the way to the original
+length of the argument area, no matter what you do.
 
 Note for BSD users: setting C<$0> does not completely remove "perl"
 from the ps(1) output.  For example, setting C<$0> to C<"foobar"> may