diff --git a/reference/datetime/functions/microtime.xml b/reference/datetime/functions/microtime.xml
index 24473f0509..ab6d25ba5a 100644
--- a/reference/datetime/functions/microtime.xml
+++ b/reference/datetime/functions/microtime.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.10 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/datetime.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.microtime">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -38,41 +38,46 @@
     </note>
     <para>
      <example>
-      <title><function>microtime</function> example</title>
+      <title>Timing script execution with <function>microtime</function></title>
       <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-
-function getmicrotime() 
+/**
+ * Simple function to replicate PHP5 behaviour
+ */
+function microtime_float() 
 { 
     list($usec, $sec) = explode(" ", microtime()); 
     return ((float)$usec + (float)$sec); 
 } 
 
-$time_start = getmicrotime();
-    
-for ($i=0; $i < 1000; $i++) {
-    // do nothing, 1000 times
-}
+$time_start = microtime_float();
 
-$time_end = getmicrotime();
+// Sleep for a while
+usleep(100);
+
+$time_end = microtime_float();
 $time = $time_end - $time_start;
 
 echo "Did nothing in $time seconds\n";
+?>
+]]>
+      </programlisting>
+     </example>
+     <example>
+      <title>Timing script execution in PHP5</title>
+      <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+$time_start = microtime(true);
 
-// with PHP 5 you can do the same this way:
+// Sleep for a while
+usleep(100);
 
-$time_start = microtime(1);
-
-for ($i=0; $i < 1000; $i++) {
-     // do nothing, 1000 times
-}
-
-$time_end = microtime(1);
+$time_end = microtime(true);
 $time = $time_end - $time_start;
 
 echo "Did nothing in $time seconds\n";
-
 ?>
 ]]>
       </programlisting>
@@ -103,4 +108,4 @@ End:
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--->
+-->
\ No newline at end of file