Whitespace *is* allowed before the method period

Author: lizmat

doc/Language/5to6-nutshell.pod6

@@ -162,25 +162,31 @@ $n < 1; # Perl 6
 
 =end item
 
-However, note that you can use L<unspace|https://design.perl6.org/S02.html#Unspaces>
-to add whitespace in Perl 6 code in places where it is otherwise not
-allowed:
+=begin item
+I<However, whitespace is allowed before the period of a method call!>
 
 =for code :lang<perl5>
 # Perl 5
-my @books = $xml->parse_file($file)          # some comment
-                ->findnodes("/library/book");
+my @books = $xml
+  ->parse_file($file)          # some comment
+  ->findnodes("/library/book");
 
 =for code :preamble<no strict;>
 # Perl 6
-my @books = $xml.parse-file($file)\          # some comment
-                .findnodes("/library/book");
+my @books = $xml
+  .parse-file($file)           # some comment
+  .findnodes("/library/book");
+
+=end item
+
+However, note that you can use L<unspace|https://design.perl6.org/S02.html#Unspaces>
+to add whitespace in Perl 6 code in places where it is otherwise not
+allowed.
 
 See also L<S03#Minimal whitespace DWIMmery|https://design.perl6.org/S03.html#Minimal_whitespace_DWIMmery> and
 L<S04#Statement parsing|https://design.perl6.org/S04.html#Statement_parsing>
 in the Perl 6 design docs.
 
-
 =head2 Sigils
 
 In Perl 5, arrays and hashes use changing sigils depending on how they are