diff --git a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-list-tables.xml b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-list-tables.xml
index c60c2ec853..fd953a7c79 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-list-tables.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-list-tables.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/mysql.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.mysql-list-tables">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -21,25 +21,41 @@
      <function>mysql_query</function> function. You can use the
      <function>mysql_tablename</function> function to extract the
      actual table names from the result pointer, or any other result
-     table function.
+     table function such as <function>mysql_fetch_assoc</function>.
     </para>
     <para>
-     For downward compatibility <function>mysql_listtables</function>
-     can also be used. This is deprecated however.
+     The <parameter>database</parameter> parameter is the name of the 
+     database to retrieve the list of tables from.  Upon failure, 
+     <function>mysql_list_tables</function> returns &false;.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     For downward compatibility, the function alias named 
+     <function>mysql_listtables</function> can be used. This is 
+     deprecated however and is not recommended.
     </para>
     <example>
      <title>mysql_list_tables Example</title>
-          <programlisting role="php">
+     <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-    mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password") or
-        die("could not connect");
-    mysql_select_db("mydb");
+    $dbname = 'mysql_dbname';
 
-    $result = mysql_list_tables();
+    if (!mysql_connect('mysql_host', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password')) {
+        print 'Could not connect to mysql';
+        exit;
+    }
 
-    while (($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))
-        printf ("Table: %s\n", $row[0]);  
+    $result = mysql_list_tables($dbname);
+    
+    if (!$result) {
+        print "DB Error, could not list tables\n";
+        print 'MySQL Error: ' . mysql_error();
+        exit;
+    }
+    
+    while ($row = mysql_fetch_row($result)) {
+        print "Table: $row[0]\n";
+    }
 
     mysql_free_result($result);
 ?>
@@ -48,7 +64,7 @@
     </example>
     <para>
     See also: <function>mysql_list_dbs</function>,
-              <function>mysql_tablename</function>.
+    and <function>mysql_tablename</function>.
     </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>