--- AnyEvent-Fork-RPC/RPC.pm	2013/04/17 19:43:48	1.6
+++ AnyEvent-Fork-RPC/RPC.pm	2013/04/17 20:19:41	1.7
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-   use AnyEvent::Fork;
    use AnyEvent::Fork::RPC;
+   # use AnyEvent::Fork is not needed
 
    my $rpc = AnyEvent::Fork
       ->new
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
 It also implements an asynchronous event mechanism from the child to the
 parent, that could be used for progress indications or other information.
 
+Loading this module also always loads L<AnyEvent::Fork>, so you can make a
+separate C<use AnyEvent::Fork> if you wish, but you don't have to.
+
 =head1 EXAMPLES
 
 =head2 Synchronous Backend
@@ -152,7 +155,7 @@
 use Guard ();
 
 use AnyEvent;
-#use AnyEvent::Fork;
+use AnyEvent::Fork; # we don't actually depend on it, this is for convenience
 
 our $VERSION = 0.1;
 
@@ -310,7 +313,7 @@
          my $len = sysread $fh, $rbuf, $rlen - length $rbuf, length $rbuf;
 
          if ($len) {
-            while (5 <= length $rbuf) {
+            while (4 <= length $rbuf) {
                $len = unpack "L", $rbuf;
                4 + $len <= length $rbuf
                   or last;