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diff --git a/pod/perlapi.pod b/pod/perlapi.pod
index 516b2e7243..89894fcd36 100644
--- a/pod/perlapi.pod
+++ b/pod/perlapi.pod
@@ -3669,13 +3669,13 @@ of the sv is assumed to be octets in that encoding, and the sv
will be converted into Unicode (and UTF-8).
If the sv already is UTF-8 (or if it is not POK), or if the encoding
-is not an object, nothing is done to the sv.
-
-If the encoding is not Encode object, bad things happen.
+is not a reference, nothing is done to the sv. If the encoding is not
+an C<Encode::XS> Encoding object, bad things will happen.
+(See F<lib/encoding.pm> and L<Encode>).
The PV of the sv is returned.
- void sv_recode_to_utf8(SV* sv, SV *encoding)
+ char* sv_recode_to_utf8(SV* sv, SV *encoding)
=for hackers
Found in file sv.c