diff --git a/doc/Language/5to6-perlvar.pod6 b/doc/Language/5to6-perlvar.pod6
index 18875c43d..11b3ba606 100644
--- a/doc/Language/5to6-perlvar.pod6
+++ b/doc/Language/5to6-perlvar.pod6
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ X<|$0 (Perl 5)>
 
 You can access the program name in Perl 6 via C<$*PROGRAM-NAME>.
 
-Note: $0 in Perl 6 is the variable holding the first captured value from a
-match (i. e. capture variables now start from $0 rather than $1).
+Note: C<$0> in Perl 6 is the variable holding the first captured value from a
+regexp match (i. e. capture variables now start from C<$0> rather than C<$1>).
 
 =item $REAL_GROUP_ID