diff --git a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-client-encoding.xml b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-client-encoding.xml
index 3255b7ebd8..8fe6d1e0b3 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-client-encoding.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-client-encoding.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/mysql.xml, last change in rev 1.100 -->
   <refentry id="function.mysql-client-encoding">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
-     <type>int</type><methodname>mysql_client_encoding</methodname>
+     <type>string</type><methodname>mysql_client_encoding</methodname>
      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>resource</type><parameter>link_identifier</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
     <para>