diff --git a/language/oop5/static.xml b/language/oop5/static.xml
index cbafe2400e..62f3c68d55 100644
--- a/language/oop5/static.xml
+++ b/language/oop5/static.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.10 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.11 $ -->
  <sect1 xml:id="language.oop5.static" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
   <title>Static Keyword</title>
 
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   The static declaration must be after the visibility declaration. For 
-   compatibility with PHP 4, if no <link
+   For compatibility with PHP 4, if no <link
    linkend="language.oop5.visibility">visibility</link>
    declaration is used, then the member or method will be treated
    as if it was declared as <literal>public</literal>.