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+++ b/contrib/perl5/pod/perlvar.pod
@@ -687,6 +687,11 @@ program sees. This is more useful as a way of indicating the current
program state than it is for hiding the program you're running.
(Mnemonic: same as B<sh> and B<ksh>.)
+Note for BSD users: setting C<$0> does not completely remove "perl"
+from the ps(1) output. For example, setting C<$0> to C<"foobar"> will
+result in C<"perl: foobar (perl)">. This is an operating system
+feature.
+
=item $[
The index of the first element in an array, and of the first character