--- docs/book/pir/ch03_basic_syntax.pod	2009-12-15 11:20:49.000000000 -0600
+++ docs/book/pir/ch03_basic_syntax.new	2010-01-07 17:45:43.480053030 -0600
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 PIR also has named variables; the C<.local>
 directive declares them. As with register variables, there are four valid types:
 C<int>, C<num>, C<string>, and C<pmc>. You I<must> declare named variables; 
-otherwise they behave exactly the same as register variables.
+once declared, they behave exactly the same as register variables.
 
 =begin PIR_FRAGMENT