Pod::Usage prepends "Usage:" to my synopses -- why?

jbullock35 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I can't get Pod::Usage to do quite what I want. Consider:

use strict;
use Pod::Usage;

pod2usage();

=head1 SYNOPSIS

Some sample text

=cut
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I want this should print Some sample text to STDERR, and I think that is what it should do. But instead, it prints

Usage:

    Some sample text
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Why is Pod::Usage prepending "Usage: " and a blank line when it prints my synopsis? Or does the problem lie with pod (or my ignorance of pod)? Either way, how can I stop it?

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