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diff --git a/perl-policy.sgml b/perl-policy.sgml
index 70c5bfc..abe04d9 100644
--- a/perl-policy.sgml
+++ b/perl-policy.sgml
@@ -168,9 +168,11 @@
 	      <p>
 		Modules included in the core Perl distribution.
 	        <example>
-/usr/lib/perl/<var>version</var>
-/usr/share/perl/<var>version</var>
+/usr/lib/perl/<var>shortversion</var>
+/usr/share/perl/<var>shortversion</var>
 	        </example>
+		Where <var>shortversion</var> indicates the current Perl major
+		version (for example <tt>5.18</tt>).
 	      </p>
 	    </item>
 	    <tag><var>site</var> (old)</tag>
@@ -197,8 +199,8 @@
 	  package.
 	</p>
 	<p>
-	  Manual pages distributed with Perl packages must be installed
-	  into the standard directories:
+	  Manual pages distributed with packages built from the perl
+	  source package must be installed into the standard directories:
 	  <taglist>
 	    <tag>Programs</tag>
 	    <item>
@@ -217,6 +219,8 @@
 	      </p>
 	    </item>
 	  </taglist>
+	  The extensions used for manual pages distributed with module
+	  packages are different.  See <ref id="vendor_dirs">.
 	</p>
       </sect>
     </chapt>