diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/fopen.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/fopen.xml
index aa86c93530..4bfe83c853 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/fopen.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/fopen.xml
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ $handle = fopen("c:\\folder\\resource.txt", "r");
         break, you need to use the correct line-ending character(s) for your
         operating system.  Unix based systems use <literal>\n</literal> as the
         line ending character, Windows based systems use <literal>\r\n</literal>
-        as the line ending characters and Macintosh based systems use
+        as the line ending characters and Macintosh based systems (Mac OS Classic) used
         <literal>\r</literal> as the line ending character.
        </para>
        <para>
@@ -223,29 +223,22 @@ $handle = fopen("c:\\folder\\resource.txt", "r");
         of the <parameter>mode</parameter> parameter.
        </para>
        <para>
-        The default translation mode depends on the SAPI and version of PHP that
-        you are using, so you are encouraged to always specify the appropriate
-        flag for portability reasons.  You should use the <literal>'t'</literal>
+        The default translation mode is <literal>'b'</literal>.
+        You can use the <literal>'t'</literal>
         mode if you are working with plain-text files and you use
         <literal>\n</literal> to delimit your line endings in your script, but
-        expect your files to be readable with applications such as notepad.  You
+        expect your files to be readable with applications such as old versions of notepad.  You
         should use the <literal>'b'</literal> in all other cases.
        </para>
        <para>
-        If you do not specify the 'b' flag when working with binary files, you
+        If you specify the 't' flag when working with binary files, you
         may experience strange problems with your data, including broken image
         files and strange problems with <literal>\r\n</literal> characters.
        </para>
       </note>
       <note>
        <para>
-        For portability, it is strongly recommended that you always
-        use the 'b' flag when opening files with <function>fopen</function>.
-       </para>
-      </note>
-      <note>
-       <para>
-        Again, for portability, it is also strongly recommended that
+        For portability, it is also strongly recommended that
         you re-write code that uses or relies upon the <literal>'t'</literal>
         mode so that it uses the correct line endings and
         <literal>'b'</literal> mode instead.