diff --git a/reference/datetime/functions/date.xml b/reference/datetime/functions/date.xml
index 02ebde2aa9..2cab5ee52b 100644
--- a/reference/datetime/functions/date.xml
+++ b/reference/datetime/functions/date.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.20 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.21 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/datetime.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
 <refentry id="function.date">
  <refnamediv>
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   </para>
   <tip>
    <para>
-    Since PHP 5.1.0 there are a couple of usefull <link
+    Since PHP 5.1.0 there are a couple of useful <link
     linkend="datetime.constants">constants</link> of standard date/time
     formats that can be used to specify the <parameter>format</parameter>
     parameter.