From: Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:29:07 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Doc clarification for PerlIO::encoding
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Doc clarification for PerlIO::encoding
(thanks to Steve Hay)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@29173
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diff --git a/ext/PerlIO/encoding/encoding.pm b/ext/PerlIO/encoding/encoding.pm
index 529543a..c99e70b 100644
--- a/ext/PerlIO/encoding/encoding.pm
+++ b/ext/PerlIO/encoding/encoding.pm
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ PerlIO::encoding - encoding layer
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
+  use PerlIO::encoding;
+
   open($f, "<:encoding(foo)", "infoo");
   open($f, ">:encoding(bar)", "outbar");
 
@@ -33,16 +35,16 @@ PerlIO::encoding - encoding layer
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-Open a filehandle with a transparent encoding filter.
+This PerlIO layer opens a filehandle with a transparent encoding filter.
 
-On input, convert the bytes expected to be in the specified
+On input, it converts the bytes expected to be in the specified
 character set and encoding to Perl string data (Unicode and
-Perl's internal Unicode encoding, UTF-8).  On output, convert
+Perl's internal Unicode encoding, UTF-8).  On output, it converts
 Perl string data into the specified character set and encoding.
 
-When the layer is pushed the current value of C<$PerlIO::encoding::fallback>
-is saved and used as the CHECK argument when calling the Encode methods encode()
-and decode().
+When the layer is pushed, the current value of C<$PerlIO::encoding::fallback>
+is saved and used as the CHECK argument when calling the Encode methods
+encode() and decode().
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO