Be vague enough.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@20127

diff --git a/pod/perldata.pod b/pod/perldata.pod
index a2c54a8..5ff97d4 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldata.pod
+++ b/pod/perldata.pod
@@ -342,8 +342,9 @@ an expression.
 =head3 Version Strings
 
 B<Note:> Version Strings (v-strings) have been deprecated.  They will
-not be available after Perl 5.8.  The marginal benefits of v-strings
-were greatly outweighed by the potential for Surprise and Confusion.
+be removed in some future release after Perl 5.8.1.  The marginal
+benefits of v-strings were greatly outweighed by the potential for
+Surprise and Confusion.
 
 A literal of the form C<v1.20.300.4000> is parsed as a string composed
 of characters with the specified ordinals.  This form, known as