From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 18:06:32 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: docfix from Peter Scott <Peter@PSDT.com>.
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docfix from Peter Scott <Peter@PSDT.com>.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6446
---

diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index 9e920cf..1e3151a 100644
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -4250,15 +4250,12 @@ Examples:
 
 If you're using strict, you I<must not> declare $a
 and $b as lexicals.  They are package globals.  That means
-if you're in the C<main> package, it's
-
-    @articles = sort {$main::b <=> $main::a} @files;
-
-or just
-
-    @articles = sort {$::b <=> $::a} @files;
-
-but if you're in the C<FooPack> package, it's
+if you're in the C<main> package and type
+  
+    @articles = sort {$b <=> $a} @files;
+  
+then C<$a> and C<$b> are C<$main::a> and C<$main::b> (or C<$::a> and C<$::b>),
+but if you're in the C<FooPack> package, it's the same as typing
 
     @articles = sort {$FooPack::b <=> $FooPack::a} @files;