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diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/IO/Handle.pm b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/IO/Handle.pm
index 68e6d902e44..1cfe29e791b 100644
--- a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/IO/Handle.pm
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/IO/Handle.pm
@@ -139,9 +139,12 @@ guaranteed.
=item $io->write ( BUF, LEN [, OFFSET ] )
-This C<write> is like C<write> found in C, that is it is the
+This C<write> is somewhat like C<write> found in C, in that it is the
opposite of read. The wrapper for the perl C<write> function is
-called C<format_write>.
+called C<format_write>. However, whilst the C C<write> function returns
+the number of bytes written, this C<write> function simply returns true
+if successful (like C<print>). A more C-like C<write> is C<syswrite>
+(see above).
=item $io->error
@@ -268,7 +271,7 @@ use IO (); # Load the XS module
require Exporter;
@ISA = qw(Exporter);
-$VERSION = "1.33";
+$VERSION = "1.34";
$VERSION = eval $VERSION;
@EXPORT_OK = qw(