diff --git a/reference/array/functions/array-filter.xml b/reference/array/functions/array-filter.xml
index 55c3d00599..f437b442b3 100644
--- a/reference/array/functions/array-filter.xml
+++ b/reference/array/functions/array-filter.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/array.xml, last change in rev 1.62 -->
   <refentry id="function.array-filter">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@
       <methodparam choice="opt"><type>callback</type><parameter>function</parameter></methodparam>
      </methodsynopsis>
     <para>
-     <function>array_filter</function> returns an array
-     containing all the elements of <parameter>input</parameter>
-     filtered according a callback <parameter>function</parameter>. If the
-     <parameter>input</parameter> is an associative array
-     the keys are preserved.
+     <function>array_filter</function> iterates over each value in
+     the <parameter>input</paramter> array passing them to the
+     <parameter>callback</parameter> function.  If the <parameter>
+     callback</parameter> function returns true, the current
+     value from <parameter>input</paramter> is returned into the
+     result array.  Array keys are preserved.
     </para>
     <para>
      <example>