diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/explode.xml b/reference/strings/functions/explode.xml
index 6cb8423116..96984a9664 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/explode.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/explode.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.12 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.13 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/strings.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.explode">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -10,23 +10,23 @@
     <title>Description</title>
      <methodsynopsis>
       <type>array</type><methodname>explode</methodname>
-      <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>separator</parameter></methodparam>
+      <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>delimiter</parameter></methodparam>
       <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>string</parameter></methodparam>
       <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>limit</parameter></methodparam>
      </methodsynopsis>
     <para>
      Returns an array of strings, each of which is a substring of
      <parameter>string</parameter> formed by splitting it on
-     boundaries formed by the string <parameter>separator</parameter>.
+     boundaries formed by the string <parameter>delimiter</parameter>.
      If <parameter>limit</parameter> is set, the returned array will
      contain a maximum of <parameter>limit</parameter> elements with
      the last element containing the rest of
      <parameter>string</parameter>.
     </para>
     <para>
-     If <parameter>separator</parameter> is an empty string (""),
+     If <parameter>delimiter</parameter> is an empty string (""),
      <function>explode</function> will return &false;.  If
-     <parameter>separator</parameter> contains a value that is not contained
+     <parameter>delimiter</parameter> contains a value that is not contained
      in <parameter>string</parameter>, then <function>explode</function> will
      return an array containing <parameter>string</parameter>.
     </para>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
      Although <function>implode</function> can, for historical reasons,
      accept its parameters in either order,
      <function>explode</function> cannot. You must ensure that the
-     <parameter>separator</parameter> argument comes before the
+     <parameter>delimiter</parameter> argument comes before the
      <parameter>string</parameter> argument.
     </para>
     <note>