=over 4
=item *
-This option works best for subs which unpack call args in an orderly
-manner near the beginning of the sub from C<@_> and/or with C<shift>
-operations. If individual elements of the @_ array are directly
-accessed then the number of sub args is considered indeterminate.
+This option works best for subs which unpack call args in an orderly manner
+near the beginning of the sub from C<@_> and/or with C<shift> operations. It
+will also work for some other common cases, such as direct access to individual
+elements of the @_ array. However if the coding for arg extraction is complex
+then the number of sub args will be considered indeterminate.
=item *
Sub calls made without parentheses around the args are not checked.
This is similar to the B<-dump> parameter described above except that any
mismatches are reported in the error file and otherwise formatting continues
-normally. Thus
+normally. The basic usage is
perltidy -wma somefile.pl