diff --git a/functions/math.xml b/functions/math.xml
index b57b25e8d0..5153efd652 100644
--- a/functions/math.xml
+++ b/functions/math.xml
@@ -530,10 +530,13 @@ $binary = base_convert($hexadecimal, 16, 2);
     <title>Description</title>
     <funcsynopsis>
      <funcdef>int <function>mt_rand</function></funcdef>
-     <paramdef><parameter><optional>int min</optional></parameter></paramdef>
-     <paramdef><parameter><optional>int max</optional></parameter></paramdef>
+     <paramdef>
+      <parameter><optional>int min</optional></parameter>
+     </paramdef>
+     <paramdef>
+      <parameter><optional>int range</optional></parameter>
+     </paramdef>
     </funcsynopsis>
-
     <simpara>
      Many random number generators of older libcs have dubious or
      unknown characteristics and are slow. By default, PHP uses the
@@ -543,24 +546,29 @@ $binary = base_convert($hexadecimal, 16, 2);
      known characteristics, the Mersenne Twister, which will produce
      random numbers that should be suitable for cryptographic purposes
      and is four times faster than what the average libc provides. The
-     Homepage of the Mersenne Twister can be found at <ulink url="http://www.math.keio.ac.jp/~matumoto/emt.html">http://www.math.keio.ac.jp/~matumoto/emt.html</ulink>,
-     and an optimized version of the MT source is available from
-     <ulink url="http://www.scp.syr.edu/~marc/hawk/twister.html">http://www.scp.syr.edu/~marc/hawk/twister.html</ulink>.</simpara>
-
+     Homepage of the Mersenne Twister can be found at <ulink
+     url="&url.mersenne;">&url.mersenne;</ulink>, and an optimized
+     version of the MT source is available from <ulink
+     url="&url.mersenne.twister;">&url.mersenne.twister;</ulink>.
+    </simpara>
     <simpara>
-     If called without the optional min,max arguments
+     If called without the optional min, range arguments
      <function>mt_rand</function> returns a pseudo-random value
-     between 0 and RAND_MAX.  If you want a random number between 5
-     and 15 (inclusive), for example, use mt_rand(5,15).</simpara>
+     between 0 and <constant>RAND_MAX</constant>.  If you want a
+     random number between 5 and 15 (inclusive), for example, use
+     mt_rand (5, 11).
+    </simpara>
     <simpara>
      Remember to seed the random number generator before use with
-     <function>mt_srand</function>.</simpara>
+     <function>mt_srand</function>.
+    </simpara>
     <simpara>
      See also <function>mt_srand</function>,
      <function>mt_getrandmax</function>,
      <function>srand</function>,
      <function>rand</function> and 
-     <function>getrandmax</function>.</simpara>
+     <function>getrandmax</function>.
+    </simpara>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
 
@@ -732,21 +740,25 @@ $randval = mt_rand();
   <refentry id="function.rand">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>rand</refname>
-    <refpurpose>generate a random value</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Generate a random value</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
     <funcsynopsis>
      <funcdef>int <function>rand</function></funcdef>
-     <paramdef><parameter><optional>int min</optional></parameter></paramdef>
-     <paramdef><parameter><optional>int max</optional></parameter></paramdef>
+     <paramdef>
+      <parameter><optional>int min</optional></parameter>
+     </paramdef>
+     <paramdef>
+      <parameter><optional>int range</optional></parameter>
+     </paramdef>
     </funcsynopsis>
-
     <simpara>
-     If called without the optional min,max arguments rand() returns a
-     pseudo-random value between 0 and RAND_MAX.  If you want a random
-     number between 5 and 15 (inclusive), for example, use rand(5,15).</simpara>
-
+     If called without the optional min,max arguments
+     <function>rand</function> returns a pseudo-random value between 0
+     and <constant>RAND_MAX</constant>.  If you want a random number
+     between 5 and 15 (inclusive), for example, use rand(5,11).
+    </simpara>
     <simpara>
      Remember to seed the random number generator before use with
      <function>srand</function>.</simpara>
@@ -755,12 +767,11 @@ $randval = mt_rand();
      <function>getrandmax</function>,
      <function>mt_rand</function>,
      <function>mt_srand</function> and
-     <function>mt_getrandmax</function>.</simpara>
-
+     <function>mt_getrandmax</function>.
+    </simpara>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
 
-
   <refentry id="function.round">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>round</refname>
@@ -899,7 +910,7 @@ sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
 sgml-indent-step:1
 sgml-indent-data:t
 sgml-parent-document:nil
-sgml-default-dtd-file:"../manual.ced"
+sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../manual.ced"
 sgml-exposed-tags:nil
 sgml-local-catalogs:nil
 sgml-local-ecat-files:nil