---
name: "Pod::Perldoc::ToText"
section: "3perl"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl"
version: "5.44.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Pod::Perldoc::ToText/3perl"
---

# Pod::Perldoc::ToText(3perl)

let Perldoc render Pod as plaintext

## NAME

Pod::Perldoc::ToText - let Perldoc render Pod as plaintext

## SYNOPSIS

```
  perldoc -o text Some::Modulename
```

## DESCRIPTION

This is a "plug-in" class that allows Perldoc to use Pod::Text as a formatter class.

It supports the following options, which are explained in Pod::Text: alt, indent, loose, quotes, sentence, width

For example:

```
  perldoc -o text -w indent:5 Some::Modulename
```

## CAVEAT

This module may change to use a different text formatter class in the future, and this may change what options are supported.

## SEE ALSO

Pod::Text, Pod::Perldoc

## COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS

Copyright (c) 2002 Sean M. Burke.  All rights reserved.

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

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>"`