---
name: "Pod::Simple::Checker"
section: "3p"
platform: "openbsd"
package: "man"
version: "8.0-current-20261101"
release: "OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01)"
platforms: ["openbsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Pod::Simple::Checker"
---

# Pod::Simple::Checker(3p)

## NAME

Pod::Simple::Checker -- check the Pod syntax of a document

## SYNOPSIS

```
  perl -MPod::Simple::Checker -e \
   "exit Pod::Simple::Checker->filter(shift)->any_errata_seen" \
   thingy.pod
```

## DESCRIPTION

This class is for checking the syntactic validity of Pod. It works by basically acting like a simple-minded version of Pod::Simple::Text that formats only the "Pod Errors" section (if Pod::Simple even generates one for the given document).

This is a subclass of Pod::Simple and inherits all its methods.

## SEE ALSO

Pod::Simple, Pod::Simple::Text, Pod::Checker

## SUPPORT

Questions or discussion about POD and Pod::Simple should be sent to the pod-people@perl.org mail list. Send an empty email to pod-people-subscribe@perl.org to subscribe.

This module is managed in an open GitHub repository, \<https://github.com/perl-pod/pod-simple/\>. Feel free to fork and contribute, or to clone \<https://github.com/perl-pod/pod-simple.git\> and send patches!

Patches against Pod::Simple are welcome. Please send bug reports to \<bug-pod-simple@rt.cpan.org\>.

## COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS

Copyright (c) 2002 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

Pod::Simple was created by Sean M. Burke \<sburke@cpan.org\>. But don't bother him, he's retired.

Pod::Simple is maintained by:

- •

  Allison Randal `"allison@perl.org"`

- •

  Hans Dieter Pearcey `"hdp@cpan.org"`

- •

  David E. Wheeler `"dwheeler@cpan.org"`