diff --git a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-affected-rows.xml b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-affected-rows.xml
index db4ade54b3..0ad9153788 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-affected-rows.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-affected-rows.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.12 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.13 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/mysql.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.mysql-affected-rows">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
 /* connect to database */
-mysql_pconnect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password")
+mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password")
     or die("Could not connect: " . mysql_error());
 mysql_select_db("mydb");
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Records deleted: 0
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
 /* connect to database */
-mysql_pconnect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password") or
+mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password") or
     die("Could not connect: " . mysql_error());
 mysql_select_db("mydb");