diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod
index 91db8b8a9802..0d08d878a422 100644
--- a/pod/perlop.pod
+++ b/pod/perlop.pod
@@ -2610,25 +2610,36 @@ C
.
If the I is delimited by bracketing quotes, the
I must have its own pair of quotes, which may or may
-not be bracketing quotes; for example, C or
-C
.
-
-Characters may be literals, or (if the delimiters aren't single quotes)
-any of the escape sequences accepted in double-quoted strings. But
-there is never any variable interpolation, so C<"$"> and C<"@"> are
-always treated as literals. A hyphen at the beginning or end, or
-preceded by a backslash is also always considered a literal. Escape
-sequence details are in L or
+C. This final example shows a way to visually clarify
+what is going on for people who are more familiar with regular
+expression patterns than with C
, and who may think forward slash
+delimiters imply that C
is more like a regular expression pattern
+than it actually is. (Another option might be to use C
.)
+
+C
isn't fully like bracketed character classes, just
+(significantly) more like them than it is to full patterns. For
+example, characters appearing more than once in either list behave
+differently here than in patterns, and C
lists do not allow
+backslashed character classes such as C<\d> or C<\pL>, nor variable
+interpolation, so C<"$"> and C<"@"> are always treated as literals.
+
+What is allowed are literals, or (if the delimiters aren't single
+quotes) any of the escape sequences accepted in double-quoted strings.
+Escape sequence details are in L.
-Note that C does B do regular expression character classes such as
-C<\d> or C<\pL>. The C operator is not equivalent to the C>
-utility. C will uppercase the 26 letters "a" through "z",
-but for case changing not confined to ASCII, use
-L|perlfunc/lc>, L|perlfunc/uc>,
-L|perlfunc/lcfirst>, L|perlfunc/ucfirst>
-(all documented in L), or the
-LIEIE>|/sEPATTERNEREPLACEMENTEmsixpodualngcer>
+A hyphen at the beginning or end, or preceded by a backslash is also
+always considered a literal. Precede a delimiter character with a
+backslash to allow it.
+
+The C operator is not equivalent to the C> utility.
+C will uppercase the 26 letters "a" through "z", but for
+case changing not confined to ASCII, use L|perlfunc/lc>,
+L|perlfunc/uc>, L|perlfunc/lcfirst>,
+L|perlfunc/ucfirst> (all documented in L), or the
+LIEIE>|/sEPATTERNEREPLACEMENTEmsixpodualngcer>
(with C<\U>, C<\u>, C<\L>, and C<\l> string-interpolation escapes in the
I portion).