From: Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@wiw.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 21:14:29 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Minor clarifications as suggested by Anton Tagunov.
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Minor clarifications as suggested by Anton Tagunov.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@14838
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diff --git a/pod/perlsyn.pod b/pod/perlsyn.pod
index 9d0c920..bc0925d 100644
--- a/pod/perlsyn.pod
+++ b/pod/perlsyn.pod
@@ -230,9 +230,10 @@ which is Perl short-hand for the more explicitly written version:
 	# now process $line
     }
 
-Note that if there were a C<continue> block on the above code, it would get
-executed even on discarded lines.  This is often used to reset line counters 
-or C<?pat?> one-time matches.
+Note that if there were a C<continue> block on the above code, it would
+get executed only on lines discarded by the regex (since redo skips the
+continue block). A continue block is often used to reset line counters
+or C<?pat?> one-time matches:
 
     # inspired by :1,$g/fred/s//WILMA/
     while (<>) {