It looks like you're stuck with "Usage:". The source code for Pod::Usage seems to change your "SYNOPSIS" to "USAGE" then lowercase it and append the colon:

sub preprocess_paragraph {
    my $self = shift;
    local($_) = shift;
    ## See if this is a heading and we arent printing the entire manpa
+ge.
    if (($self->{VERBOSE} < 2) && /^=head/o) {
        ## Change the title of the SYNOPSIS section to USAGE
        s/^=head1\s+SYNOPSIS\s*$/=head1 USAGE/o;
        ## Try to do some lowercasing instead of all-caps in headings
        s{([A-Z])([A-Z]+)}{((length($2) > 2) ? $1 : lc($1)) . lc($2)}g
+e;
        ## Use a colon to end all headings
        s/\s*$/:/o  unless (/:\s*$/o);
    }
    return  $self->SUPER::preprocess_paragraph($_);
}

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In reply to Re: Pod::Usage prepends "Usage:" to my synopses -- why? by shoness
in thread Pod::Usage prepends "Usage:" to my synopses -- why? by jbullock35

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