clarify docs for Mini->config_file

thanks, Jim Keenan!

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index dc7bba0..5c1ae9b 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Revision history for CPAN-Mini
           Jeffrey Thalhammer, who waited a very very long time for me to apply
           this!)
 
+          die if local target isn't writable (suggested by SARGIE)
+
 1.111012  2013-03-28 16:32:58 America/New_York
           when testing, mock my_home harder (thanks, David Golden!)
 
diff --git a/lib/CPAN/Mini.pm b/lib/CPAN/Mini.pm
index 2c02a79..83c0d2f 100644
--- a/lib/CPAN/Mini.pm
+++ b/lib/CPAN/Mini.pm
@@ -775,13 +775,13 @@ sub read_config {
 
 =method config_file
 
-  my %config = CPAN::Mini->config_file( { options } );
+  my $config_file = CPAN::Mini->config_file( { options } );
 
 This routine returns the config file name. It first looks at for the
 C<config_file> setting, then the C<CPAN_MINI_CONFIG> environment
 variable, then the default F<~/.minicpanrc>, and finally the
 F<CPAN/Mini/minicpan.conf>. It uses the first defined value it finds.
-If the filename it selects does not exist, it returns the empty list.
+If the filename it selects does not exist, it returns false.
 
 OPTIONS is an optional hash reference of the C<CPAN::Mini> config hash.