@@ -577,7 +577,10 @@ blead release, so you may find nothing to do here.
577577
578578=head3 Update AUTHORS
579579
580- The AUTHORS file can be updated by running F<Porting/updateAUTHORS.pl>.
580+ The AUTHORS file can be updated by running:
581+
582+ $ perl Porting/updateAUTHORS.pl
583+
581584This shouldn't really be necessary anymore, and in theory nothing should
582585change as our CI should not pass if a commit would result in AUTHORS
583586needing to change, but do it anyway to be sure. Make sure all your changes
@@ -1170,7 +1173,7 @@ Test L<perlbug> with the following:
11701173 Action (Send/Display/Edit/Subject/Save to File): f
11711174 Name of file to save message in [perlbug.rep]:
11721175
1173- and carefully examine the output (in F<perlbug.rep]>), especially
1176+ Then carefully examine the output (in F<perlbug.rep]>), especially
11741177the "Locally applied patches" section.
11751178
11761179=for checklist skip BLEAD-POINT
@@ -1347,21 +1350,33 @@ Confirm that you have a clean checkout with no local changes.
13471350=item *
13481351
13491352Run:
1350- perl Porting/new-perldelta.pl
1353+
1354+ $ perl Porting/new-perldelta.pl
13511355
13521356=item *
13531357
13541358Run the C<git add> commands it outputs to add new and modified files.
13551359
13561360=item *
13571361
1358- Verify that the build still works, by running C<./Configure> and
1359- C<make test_porting>. (On Win32 use the appropriate make utility).
1362+ Verify that the build still works, by running:
1363+
1364+ $ ./Configure
1365+ $ make test_porting
1366+
1367+ (On Win32 use the appropriate make utility).
13601368
13611369=item *
13621370
1363- If F<t/porting/podcheck.t> spots errors in the new F<pod/perldelta.pod>,
1364- run C<./perl -MTestInit t/porting/podcheck.t | less> for more detail.
1371+ Run:
1372+
1373+ $ ./perl t/porting/podcheck.t
1374+
1375+ If it spots errors in the new F<pod/perldelta.pod>, run:
1376+
1377+ $ ./perl -MTestInit t/porting/podcheck.t | less
1378+
1379+ It will give you more details.
13651380Skip to the end of its test output to see the options it offers you.
13661381
13671382=item *
@@ -1380,8 +1395,6 @@ previous version bump.
13801395
13811396=head3 Bump the feature bundles
13821397
1383- I<You MUST SKIP this step for RC and MAINT>
1384-
13851398If this was a BLEAD-FINAL release (i.e. the first release of a new maint
13861399series, 5.x.0 where x is even), then bump the version in the blead branch
13871400in git, e.g. 5.12.0 to 5.13.0.
@@ -1393,7 +1406,11 @@ marker); e.g.
13931406 "5.14" => [qw(switch say state unicode_strings)],
13941407 + "5.15" => [qw(switch say state unicode_strings)],
13951408
1396- Run F<regen/feature.pl> to propagate the changes to F<lib/feature.pm>.
1409+ Run:
1410+
1411+ $ ./perl regen/feature.pl
1412+
1413+ It will propagate the changes to F<lib/feature.pm>.
13971414
13981415After bumping the version, follow the section L</"Update INSTALL"> to
13991416ensure all version number references are correct.
@@ -1449,8 +1466,7 @@ Commit your changes:
14491466
14501467 $ git status
14511468 $ git diff
1452- B<review the delta carefully>
1453-
1469+ # Review the delta carefully
14541470 $ git commit -a -m 'Bump the perl version in various places for 5.X.Y'
14551471
14561472At this point you may want to compare the commit with a previous bump to
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