diff --git a/reference/outcontrol/functions/flush.xml b/reference/outcontrol/functions/flush.xml
index bd544f442f..7e17f942b5 100644
--- a/reference/outcontrol/functions/flush.xml
+++ b/reference/outcontrol/functions/flush.xml
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@
    <function>flush</function> may not be able to override the buffering scheme
    of your web server and it has no effect on any client-side buffering in the
    browser.  It also doesn't affect PHP's userspace output buffering mechanism.
-   This means you will have to call both <function>ob_flush</function> and
-   <function>flush</function> to flush the ob output buffers if you are using
-   those.
+   This means <function>ob_flush</function> should be called before <function>flush</function>
+   to flush the output buffers if they are in use.
   </para>
   <para>
    Several servers, especially on Win32, will still buffer the output from