output on stderr from `next'

From: Harry Putnam (reader_at_newsguy.com)
Date: 03/27/04 

To: beginners@perl.org
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 13:20:39 -0600

I'm getting this output on stderr from a next clause:
  Exiting subroutine via next at ./test_bol.pl line 101.

I wondered why this happens. Is it considered an error or what?

The script is lengthy so not posting it here but the next does exit a
sub routine. That is why I put it there. So how do I quiet perl
down about this?