--- perlfunc.pod.orig	2004-06-01 05:37:39.000000000 -0700
+++ perlfunc.pod	2004-07-13 17:02:48.436164800 -0700
@@ -4986,7 +4986,7 @@
 
 Splits the string EXPR into a list of strings and returns that list.  By
 default, empty leading fields are preserved, and empty trailing ones are
-deleted.
+deleted.  (If all fields are empty, they are considered to be trailing.)
 
 In scalar context, returns the number of fields found and splits into
 the C<@_> array.  Use of split in scalar context is deprecated, however,