diff --git a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-connect.xml b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-connect.xml
index 670cf6364a..fd42d2b6e1 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-connect.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-connect.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.23 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.24 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="function.mysql-connect" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>mysql_connect</refname>
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ mysql_close($link);
 // we connect to localhost and socket e.g. /tmp/mysql.sock
 
 //variant 1: ommit localhost
-$link = mysql_connect('/tmp/mysql', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password');
+$link = mysql_connect(':/tmp/mysql', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password');
 if (!$link) {
     die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
 }