De-emphasize references vs containerized objects

doc/Language/5to6-perlop.pod6

@@ -69,11 +69,15 @@ for bitwise integer negation. Assumes two's complement.
 C<+> I<does> have an effect in Perl 6, coercing its argument to the
 Numeric type.
 
-Unary C<\> is no more. If you really want to take a reference to an existing
+Unary C<\> is no more. If you really want to take a "reference" to an existing
 named variable, you can use item context, like so: C<$aref = item(@array)>, or
-maybe more familiarly: C<$aref = $@array>.  You can get a reference to a named
-subroutine by using the C<&> sigil: C<$sref = &foo>.  Anonymous arrays, hashes,i
-and subs return their references during creation I<right away>: C<$sref = sub { }>.
+maybe more familiarly by prefixing with a C<$>: C<$aref = $@array>.  Please
+note that you're not really getting a reference, but a scalar container with
+the referenced object in it.
+
+You can get a "reference" to a named subroutine by using the C<&> sigil:
+C<$sref = &foo>.  Anonymous arrays, hashes, and subs return the underlying
+object during creation I<right away>: C<$sref = sub { }>.
 
 =head2 Binding Operators