diff --git a/reference/var/functions/is-scalar.xml b/reference/var/functions/is-scalar.xml
index 0bd8f012dc..9f7c7a06d3 100644
--- a/reference/var/functions/is-scalar.xml
+++ b/reference/var/functions/is-scalar.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/var.xml, last change in rev 1.35 -->
   <refentry id="function.is-scalar">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
      Scalar variables are those containing an <type>integer</type>, 
      <type>float</type>, <type>string</type> or <type>boolean</type>.  
      Types <type>array</type>, <type>object</type> and <type>resource</type> 
-     or not scalar.
+     are not scalar.
      <informalexample>
       <programlisting role="php">
 <!-- TODO: better example, this one can be quite misleading for unexperienced