diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index eba46e7944fa..05275868e0db 100644
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -3946,9 +3946,7 @@ Unicode rules are used for the case change.
 ASCII rules are used for the case change.  The lowercase of any character
 outside the ASCII range is the character itself.
 
-=item Note:
-
-This is the internal function implementing the
+B<Note:> This is the internal function implementing the
 L<C<\L>|perlop/"Quote and Quote-like Operators"> escape in double-quoted
 strings.
 
@@ -9358,9 +9356,7 @@ as L<C<lc>|/lc EXPR> does.
 If you want titlecase mapping on initial letters see
 L<C<ucfirst>|/ucfirst EXPR> instead.
 
-=item Note:
-
-This is the internal function implementing the
+B<Note:> This is the internal function implementing the
 L<C<\U>|perlop/"Quote and Quote-like Operators"> escape in double-quoted
 strings.