diff --git a/language/namespaces.xml b/language/namespaces.xml
index 0faa8d5cd3..96b043bf66 100644
--- a/language/namespaces.xml
+++ b/language/namespaces.xml
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ function strlen($str)
 echo E_ERROR, "\n"; // prints "45"
 echo INI_ALL, "\n"; // prints "7" - falls back to global INI_ALL
 
-echo strlen('hi'), "\n"; // prints "2"
+echo strlen('hi'), "\n"; // prints "1"
 if (is_array('hi')) { // prints "is not array"
     echo "is array\n";
 } else {