oops. this is the correct fix.

timo · timo · commit a6ff1401ab9d · 2014-04-18T01:15:52.000+02:00
diff --git a/lib/operators.pod b/lib/operators.pod
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ semantics.
 Increments its argument by one, and returns the unincremented value.
 
     my $x = 3;
-    say ++$x;       # 3
+    say $x++;       # 3
     say $x;         # 4
 
 It works by calling the L<succ> method (for I<successor>) on its argument,
