diff --git a/functions/strings.xml b/functions/strings.xml
index 02db13712b..fd8fcdf958 100644
--- a/functions/strings.xml
+++ b/functions/strings.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.146 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.147 $ -->
  <reference id="ref.strings">
   <title>String functions</title>
   <titleabbrev>Strings</titleabbrev>
@@ -89,10 +89,6 @@ echo addcslashes("zoo['.']", 'z..A');
 ]]>
       </programlisting>
      </informalexample>
-     <note>
-      <simpara>
-       Added in PHP 4</simpara>
-     </note>
     </para>
     <para>
      See also <function>stripcslashes</function>, 
@@ -257,14 +253,11 @@ $new_string = chunk_split(base64_encode($data));
 ]]>
       </programlisting>
      </example>
-     This function is significantly faster than
-     <function>ereg_replace</function>.
-     <note>
-      <para>
-       This function was added in 3.0.6.
-      </para>
-     </note>
     </para>
+    <simpara>
+     See also <function>explode</function>, <function>split</function> 
+     and <function>word_wrap</function>.
+    </simpara>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
 
@@ -384,11 +377,6 @@ $new_string = chunk_split(base64_encode($data));
       </listitem> 
      </itemizedlist>
     </para>
-    <note>
-     <para>
-      This function was added in PHP 4.0.
-     </para> 
-    </note>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
 
@@ -1422,11 +1410,6 @@ echo "</PRE>\n";
     <para>
      The constant CHAR_MAX is also defined for the use mentioned above.
     </para>
-    <note>
-     <para>
-      Added in PHP 4.0.5
-     </para>
-    </note>
     <para>
      See also: <function>setlocale</function>.
     </para>
@@ -2616,11 +2599,6 @@ if (!strcasecmp($var1, $var2)) {
      Note that this comparison is case sensitive, and unlike
      <function>strcmp</function> this function is not binary safe.
     </simpara>
-    <note>
-     <simpara>
-      Added in PHP 4.0.5.
-     </simpara>
-    </note>
     <simpara>
      See also <function>ereg</function>, <function>strcmp</function>,
      <function>strcasecmp</function>, <function>substr</function>,
@@ -2732,11 +2710,6 @@ $string = strip_tags($string, '<a><b><i><u>');
      Returns a string with backslashes stripped off. Recognizes
      C-like <literal>\n</literal>, <literal>\r</literal> ..., octal
      and hexadecimal representation.
-     <note>
-      <simpara>
-       Added in PHP4b3-dev.
-      </simpara>
-     </note>
     </para>
     <simpara>
      See also <function>addcslashes</function>.
@@ -3210,11 +3183,6 @@ echo str_repeat("-=", 10);
     <para>
      This will output "-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=".
     </para>
-    <note>
-     <para>
-      This function was added in PHP 4.0.
-     </para> 
-    </note>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
 
@@ -3702,7 +3670,8 @@ echo strtr("hi all, I said hello", $trans) . "\n";
     </para>
     <note>
      <simpara>
-      This feature (two arguments) was added in PHP 4.0.
+      This optional <parameter>to</parameter> and 
+      <parameter>from</parameter> parameters were added in PHP 4.0.0
      </simpara>
     </note>
     <para>
@@ -3910,11 +3879,6 @@ echo substr_replace($var, '', 10, -1) . "<br>\n";
      See also <function>str_replace</function> and
      <function>substr</function>.
     </para>
-    <note>
-     <simpara>
-      <function>substr_replace</function> was added in PHP 4.0.
-     </simpara>
-    </note>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
 
@@ -3943,7 +3907,8 @@ echo substr_replace($var, '', 10, -1) . "<br>\n";
     </funcsynopsis>
     <note>
      <simpara>
-      The second parameter was added in PHP 4.1.0
+      The optional <parameter>charlist</parameter> parameter was 
+      added in PHP 4.1.0
      </simpara>
     </note>
     <para>
@@ -4222,7 +4187,7 @@ $bar = ucwords(strtolower($bar)); // Hello World!
      (See second example).
      <note>
       <para>
-       The <parameter>cut</parameter> parameter was added in PHP 4.0.3.
+       The optional <parameter>cut</parameter> parameter was added in PHP 4.0.3
       </para>
      </note>
     </para>