Pod::Perldoc(3pm) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Pod::Perldoc(3pm)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Pod::Perldoc - Look up Perl documentation in Pod format.

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
    use Pod::Perldoc ();
    Pod::Perldoc->run();
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The guts of perldoc utility.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

perldoc

# [COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS](#COPYRIGHT_AND_DISCLAIMERS)

Copyright (c) 2002-2007 Sean M. Burke.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Current maintainer: Mark Allen "<mallen@cpan.org>"

Past contributions from: brian d foy "<bdfoy@cpan.org>" Adriano R. Ferreira "<ferreira@cpan.org>", Sean M. Burke "<sburke@cpan.org>"

2026-10-21 perl v5.44.0

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