diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/wordwrap.xml b/reference/strings/functions/wordwrap.xml
index 0cafb25e6f..1a9b498933 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/wordwrap.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/wordwrap.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.18 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.19 $ -->
 <refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.wordwrap">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>wordwrap</refname>
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@
      <listitem>
       <para>
        If the <parameter>cut</parameter> is set to &true;, the string is
-       always wrapped at the specified width. So if you have a word that
-       is larger than the given width, it is broken apart. (See second
-       example).
+       always wrapped at or before the specified width.  So if you have
+       a word that is larger than the given width, it is broken apart.
+       (See second example).
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>