diff --git a/S02-bits.pod b/S02-bits.pod
index 42266344b..2e913ee9a 100644
--- a/S02-bits.pod
+++ b/S02-bits.pod
@@ -1831,7 +1831,7 @@ to C<Cool>.
 
 The C<$Package'var> syntax is gone.  Use C<$Package::var> instead.
 (Note, however, that identifiers may now contain an apostrophe or
-hyphen if followed by an "idfirst" letter.)
+hyphen if followed by a character matching C<< <.alpha> >>)
 
 =item *