diff --git a/reference/simplexml/reference.xml b/reference/simplexml/reference.xml
index 1969e12d6a..b7be636473 100644
--- a/reference/simplexml/reference.xml
+++ b/reference/simplexml/reference.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.22 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.23 $ -->
 <!-- Purpose: xml -->
 <!-- Membership: bundled, external -->
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ echo $xml->movie[0]->plot; // "So this language. It's like..."
     <para>
      Accessing elements within an XML document that contain characters not permitted under 
      PHP's naming convention (e.g. the hyphen) can be accomplished by encapsulating the
-     element name within curly braces and the apostrophe.
+     element name within braces and the apostrophe.
      <example>
       <title>Getting <literal>&lt;line&gt;</literal></title>
       <programlisting role="php">
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ include 'example.php';
 
 $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xmlstr);
 
-echo $xml->movie->{'great-lines'}->line;; // "PHP solves all my web problems"
+echo $xml->movie->{'great-lines'}->line; // "PHP solves all my web problems"
 ?>
 ]]>
       </programlisting>