diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/echo.xml b/reference/strings/functions/echo.xml
index 3f8e003f8c..ae6f9d7705 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/echo.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/echo.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.15 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.16 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/strings.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.echo">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@
     </simpara>
     <para>
      <function>echo</function> is not actually a function (it is a
-     language construct) so you are not required to use parentheses
-     with it. In fact, if you want to pass more than one parameter
-     to echo, you must not enclose the parameters within parentheses.
+     language construct), so you are not required to use parentheses
+     with it. <function>echo</function> (unlike some other language
+     constructs) does not behave like a function, so it cannot
+     always be used in the context of a function. Additionally, if you want to
+     pass more than one parameter to <function>echo</function>, the parameters
+     must not be enclosed within parentheses.
     </para>
     <para>
      <example>
@@ -67,11 +70,13 @@ that the here document terminator must appear on a
 line with just a semicolon. no extra whitespace!
 END;
 
-// Because echo is not a function, following code is invalid. 
+// Because echo does not behave like a function, following code is invalid.
 ($some_var) ? echo 'true' : echo 'false';
 
 // However, the following examples will work:
-($some_var) ? print('true'): print('false'); // print is a function
+($some_var) ? print 'true' : print 'false'; // print is also a construct, but
+                                            // it behaves like a function, so
+                                            // it may be used in this context.
 echo $some_var ? 'true': 'false'; // changing the statement around
 ?>
 ]]>