diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/chr.xml b/reference/strings/functions/chr.xml
index 23a28110e1..1add8d087e 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/chr.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/chr.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/strings.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.chr">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
       <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
+$str = "The string ends in escape: ";
 $str .= chr(27); /* add an escape character at the end of $str */
 
 /* Often this is more useful */