diff --git a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-list-tables.xml b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-list-tables.xml
index 0a0e55922d..3ad0d1a7e7 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-list-tables.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-list-tables.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.16 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.17 $ -->
 <refentry id="function.mysql-list-tables">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>mysql_list_tables</refname>
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ if (!mysql_connect('mysql_host', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password')) {
     exit;
 }
 
-$sql    = "SELECT TABLES FROM $dbname";
+$sql = "SHOW TABLES FROM $dbname";
 $result = mysql_query($sql);
 
 if (!$result) {