I'd take out the part from perldoc perl and replace it with the output from perl --help. Seems perl.pod has gotten out of date. In particular, I notice the -C switch (which did one thing <5.8.1 and something very different >=5.8.1) is missing.

Output from 5.8.3:

Usage: ./perl [switches] [--] [programfile] [arguments]
  -0[octal]       specify record separator (\0, if no argument)
  -a              autosplit mode with -n or -p (splits $_ into @F)
  -C[number/list] enables the listed Unicode features
  -c              check syntax only (runs BEGIN and CHECK blocks)
  -d[:debugger]   run program under debugger
  -D[number/list] set debugging flags (argument is a bit mask or alpha
+bets)
  -e program      one line of program (several -e's allowed, omit prog
+ramfile)
  -F/pattern/     split() pattern for -a switch (//'s are optional)
  -i[extension]   edit <> files in place (makes backup if extension su
+pplied)
  -Idirectory     specify @INC/#include directory (several -I's allowe
+d)
  -l[octal]       enable line ending processing, specifies line termin
+ator
  -[mM][-]module  execute `use/no module...' before executing program
  -n              assume 'while (<>) { ... }' loop around program
  -p              assume loop like -n but print line also, like sed
  -P              run program through C preprocessor before compilatio
+n
  -s              enable rudimentary parsing for switches after progra
+mfile
  -S              look for programfile using PATH environment variable
  -t              enable tainting warnings
  -T              enable tainting checks
  -u              dump core after parsing program
  -U              allow unsafe operations
  -v              print version, subversion (includes VERY IMPORTANT p
+erl info)
  -V[:variable]   print configuration summary (or a single Config.pm v
+ariable)
  -w              enable many useful warnings (RECOMMENDED)
  -W              enable all warnings
  -x[directory]   strip off text before #!perl line and perhaps cd to 
+directory
  -X              disable all warnings
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Also, I have trouble with your "Uncommon". Seems to me you cover only the most common switches (other than -w).

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