diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/crypt.xml b/reference/strings/functions/crypt.xml
index 6dfd96f6ca..c2c1a88fc8 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/crypt.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/crypt.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/strings.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.crypt">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -105,18 +105,14 @@ if (crypt($user_input, $password) == $password) {
     </example>
     <example>
      <title>Using <function>crypt</function> with htpasswd</title>
-      <para>
-       To create a password for use with an apache htpasswd file, you'll need to
-       use the first two letters of the password as the salt.
-      </para>
      <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
 // Set the password
 $password = 'mypassword';
 
-// Get the hash
-$hash = crypt($password, substr($password, 0, 2));
+// Get the hash, letting the salt be automatically generated
+$hash = crypt($password);
 ?>
 ]]>
      </programlisting>