diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/ftell.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/ftell.xml
index afc11338a4..2e7a57a1ca 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/ftell.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/ftell.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.10 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.11 $ -->
 <refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.ftell">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>ftell</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Tells file pointer read/write position</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>Returns the current position of the file read/write pointer</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  
  <refsect1 role="description">
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
    <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>handle</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
-   Tells the file pointer read/write position.
+   Returns the position of the file pointer referenced by <parameter>handle</parameter>.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   &reftitle.returnvalues;
   <para>
    Returns the position of the file pointer referenced by
-   <parameter>handle</parameter>; i.e., its offset into the file stream.
+   <parameter>handle</parameter> as an integer; i.e., its offset into the file stream.
   </para>
   <para>
    If an error occurs, returns &false;.