diff --git a/reference/unicode/functions/unicode-set-error-mode.xml b/reference/unicode/functions/unicode-set-error-mode.xml
index 66bd8b37ae..420b4bec81 100644
--- a/reference/unicode/functions/unicode-set-error-mode.xml
+++ b/reference/unicode/functions/unicode-set-error-mode.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
 <refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.unicode-set-error-mode">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>unicode_set_error_mode</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Set the error mode for Unicode conversions</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>Set the error mode for strings conversions</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsect1 role="description">
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@
    <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>mode</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
-   This function sets the error mode for string conversions. An error can occur
-   during conversion when an illegal character is encountered or if a character
-   cannot be represented into the new encoding.
+   This function sets the error mode for string conversions between different
+   encodings. An error can occur during conversion when an illegal character 
+   is encountered or if a character cannot be represented into the new encoding.
+   By default, when an error is encountered, the conversion stops.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
@@ -30,11 +31,10 @@
       <para>
        The <parameter>direction</parameter> sets the conversion direction to
        which the error mode will apply. This can either be 
-       <constant>FROM_UNICODE</constant>, which will set
-       the error mode for conversions from a <type>unicode</type> string to a 
-       binary string in another encoding or <constant>TO_UNICODE</constant>, 
-       which will set the error mode for conversions from a binary string to an 
-       <type>unicode</type> string.
+       <constant>FROM_UNICODE</constant>, which will set the error mode for 
+       conversions from a <type>unicode</type> string to a binary string 
+       or <constant>TO_UNICODE</constant>, which will set the error mode
+       for conversions from a binary string to a <type>unicode</type> string.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
             <constant>U_CONV_ERROR_STOP</constant>
            </entry>
            <entry>
-            Stop the conversion.
+            Stop the conversion. This is the default mode.
            </entry>
           </row>
           <row>