diff --git a/reference/image/functions/imagettftext.xml b/reference/image/functions/imagettftext.xml
index 8654191c92..f6ed09a396 100644
--- a/reference/image/functions/imagettftext.xml
+++ b/reference/image/functions/imagettftext.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.15 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.16 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/image.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.imagettftext">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ $font = 'SomeFont';
         </simpara>
         <simpara>
          May include decimal numeric character references (of the form:
-         &#8364;) to access characters in a font beyond position 127.
+         &amp;#8364;) to access characters in a font beyond position 127.
+         Strings in UTF-8 encoding can be passed directly.
         </simpara>
         <simpara>
          If a character is used in the string which is not supported by the