diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/addslashes.xml b/reference/strings/functions/addslashes.xml
index ef2f3879bc..24d0ec343c 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/addslashes.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/addslashes.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
    Returns a string with backslashes before characters that need to be
-   quoted.  These characters are single quote (<literal>'</literal>),
+   escaped. These characters are single quote (<literal>'</literal>),
    double quote (<literal>"</literal>), backslash
    (<literal>\</literal>) and NUL (the &null; byte).
   </para>