--- EV/README 2013/03/01 11:20:07 1.41 +++ EV/README 2014/03/08 15:51:23 1.42 @@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ my $hourly = EV::periodic 0, 3600, 0, sub { print "once/hour\n" }; That doesn't mean there will always be 3600 seconds in between - triggers, but only that the the clalback will be called when the + triggers, but only that the the callback will be called when the system time shows a full hour (UTC). Another way to think about it (for the mathematically inclined)