diff --git a/language/namespaces.xml b/language/namespaces.xml
index 30360ff07e..ed899b5e66 100644
--- a/language/namespaces.xml
+++ b/language/namespaces.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
 <chapter xml:id="language.namespaces" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
  version="1.1">
  <title>Namespaces</title>
@@ -1410,10 +1410,10 @@ name\func();
      <programlisting role="php">
       <![CDATA[
 <?php
-$a = new "dangerous\name"; \\ \n is a newline inside double quoted strings!
+$a = new "dangerous\name"; // \n is a newline inside double quoted strings!
 $obj = new $a;
 
-$a = new 'not\at\all\dangerous'; \\ no problems here.
+$a = new 'not\at\all\dangerous'; // no problems here.
 $obj = new $a;
 ?>
       ]]>