diff --git a/language/operators.xml b/language/operators.xml
index 96c5d8a4a2..4f65bb831b 100644
--- a/language/operators.xml
+++ b/language/operators.xml
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ $b .= "There!"; // sets $b to "Hello There!", just like $b = $b . "There!";
    </para>
    <para>
     An exception to the usual assignment by value behaviour within PHP occurs
-    with <type>object</type>s, which are assigned by reference in PHP 5.
+    with <type>object</type>s, which are assigned by reference.
     Objects may be explicitly copied via the <link
     linkend="language.oop5.cloning">clone</link> keyword.
    </para>
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ print "$b\n"; // prints 4 as well, since $b is a reference to $a, which has
      </example>
     </para>
     <para>
-     As of PHP 5, the <link linkend="language.oop5.basic.new">new</link>
+     The <link linkend="language.oop5.basic.new">new</link>
      operator returns a reference automatically, so assigning the result of
      <link linkend="language.oop5.basic.new">new</link> by reference results
      in an <constant>E_DEPRECATED</constant> message in PHP 5.3 and later, and
@@ -1435,9 +1435,8 @@ echo $a <=> $b; // 1
        <entry><type>object</type></entry>
        <entry><type>object</type></entry>
        <entry>Built-in classes can define its own comparison, different classes
-        are uncomparable, same class - compare properties the same way as
-        arrays (PHP 4), PHP 5 has its own <link
-        linkend="language.oop5.object-comparison">explanation</link>
+        are uncomparable, same class see <link
+        linkend="language.oop5.object-comparison">Object Comparison</link>
        </entry>
       </row>
       <row>