diff --git a/functions/dbase.xml b/functions/dbase.xml
index cdbe08ceac..bd741f67f8 100644
--- a/functions/dbase.xml
+++ b/functions/dbase.xml
@@ -13,22 +13,18 @@
     modifying the same dBase file will very likely ruin your database.
    </simpara>
    <simpara>
-    Unlike SQL databases, dBase "databases" cannot change the database
-    definition afterwards.  Once the file is created, the database
-    definition is fixed. There are no indexes that speed searching or
-    otherwise organize your data. dBase files are simple sequential
-    files of fixed length records. Records are appended to the end of
+    dBase files are simple sequential files of fixed
+    length records. Records are appended to the end of
     the file and delete records are kept until you call
-    <function>dbase_pack()</function>.
+    <function>dbase_pack</function>.
    </simpara>
    <simpara>
     We recommend that you do not use dBase files as your production
     database. Choose any real SQL server instead; MySQL or Postgres
     are common choices with PHP. dBase support is here to allow you to
-    import and export data to and from your web database, since the
-    file format is commonly understood with Windows spreadsheets and
-    organizers. Import and export of data is about all that dBase
-    support is good for.
+    import and export data to and from your web database, because the
+    file format is commonly understood by Windows spreadsheets and
+    organizers.
    </simpara>
   </partintro>
 
@@ -190,7 +186,7 @@ if (!dbase_create($dbname, $def))
     <para>
      Packs the specified database (permanently deleting all records
      marked for deletion using
-     <function>dbase_delete_record</function>.
+     <function>dbase_delete_record</function>).
     </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
@@ -210,7 +206,7 @@ if (!dbase_create($dbname, $def))
      </funcprototype>
     </funcsynopsis>
     <para>
-     Adds the data in the <parameter>record </parameter>to the
+     Adds the data in the <parameter>record</parameter> to the
      database. If the number of items in the supplied record isn't
      equal to the number of fields in the database, the operation will
      fail and false will be returned.
@@ -321,7 +317,7 @@ if (!dbase_create($dbname, $def))
      Returns the data from <parameter>record</parameter> in an
      associative array.  The array also includes an associative member
      named 'deleted' which is set to 1 if the record has been marked
-     for deletion (see <function>dbase_delete_record</function>.
+     for deletion (see <function>dbase_delete_record</function>).
     </para>
     <para>
      Each field is converted to the appropriate PHP type. (Dates are