From 86cb367bf94cba58a08a81cc7a1df7e0efd2b26d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karl Williamson <khw@cpan.org>
Date: Sat, 3 May 2025 17:12:15 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] perlop: Remove extra parens in verbatim examples

Statement modifiers don't need parentheses

Fixes #17512
---
 pod/perlop.pod | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod
index 0b2d144dc895..f27a32b64f5f 100644
--- a/pod/perlop.pod
+++ b/pod/perlop.pod
@@ -1144,11 +1144,11 @@ As a scalar operator:
     if (101 .. 200) { print; } # print 2nd hundred lines, short for
                                #  if ($. == 101 .. $. == 200) { print; }
 
-    next LINE if (1 .. /^$/);  # skip header lines, short for
-                               #   next LINE if ($. == 1 .. /^$/);
+    next LINE if 1 .. /^$/;    # skip header lines, short for
+                               #   next LINE if $. == 1 .. /^$/;
                                # (typically in a loop labeled LINE)
 
-    s/^/> / if (/^$/ .. eof());  # quote body
+    s/^/> / if /^$/ .. eof();  # quote body
 
     # parse mail messages
     while (<>) {