diff --git a/reference/var/functions/gettype.xml b/reference/var/functions/gettype.xml
index 7a5143f7cc..a72e400c20 100644
--- a/reference/var/functions/gettype.xml
+++ b/reference/var/functions/gettype.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/var.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.gettype">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
        <simpara>"user function" (PHP 3 only, deprecated)</simpara>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
-       <simpara>"unknown type"<!-- someone's joking? --></simpara>
+       <simpara>"unknown type"</simpara>
       </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
     </para>