diff --git a/functions/var.xml b/functions/var.xml
index f8cec4e3af..0615dba3d3 100644
--- a/functions/var.xml
+++ b/functions/var.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.71 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.72 $ -->
  <reference id="ref.var">
   <title>Variable Functions</title>
   <titleabbrev>Variables</titleabbrev>
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ if (!odbc_execute ($stmt, &amp;$sqldata)) {
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
        <simpara>
-        "float" (only possible since PHP 4.0.8, for older versions user the
+        "float" (only possible since PHP 4.0.8, for older versions use the
         deprecated variant "double")
        </simpara>
       </listitem>