diff --git a/reference/ibase/book.xml b/reference/ibase/book.xml
index a31fc47ff4..7e810dbc36 100644
--- a/reference/ibase/book.xml
+++ b/reference/ibase/book.xml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
  <preface xml:id="intro.ibase">
   &reftitle.intro;
   <para>
-   Firebird/InterBase is a relational database offering many ANSI SQL-92 features
-   that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. Firebird/InterBase
+   Firebird is a relational database offering many ISO SQL-2003 features
+   that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. Firebird
    offers excellent concurrency, high performance, and powerful language
    support for stored procedures and triggers. It has been used in production
    systems, under a variety of names since 1981. 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
    available at <link xlink:href="&url.ibase;">&url.ibase;</link>.
   </para>
   <para>
-   Firebird is a commercially independent project of C and C++ programmers,
+   Firebird is a commercially independent project (fundation) of C++ programmers,
    technical advisors and supporters developing and enhancing a multi-platform
    relational database management system based on the source code released by
    Inprise Corp (now known as Borland Software Corp) under the InterBase
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@
   </para>
   <note>
    <para>
-    This extension supports InterBase versions 5 and up and all versions of Firebird.
-    Support for InterBase version 5.x will be dropped in PHP 5.
+    This extension supports InterBase versions 6 and up and Firebird version 2.0 and up.
    </para>
    <para>
     This database uses a single quote (') character for escaping, a