diff --git a/reference/pdo/functions/PDOStatement-fetchColumn.xml b/reference/pdo/functions/PDOStatement-fetchColumn.xml
index df9f85c4ce..319dcd0b06 100644
--- a/reference/pdo/functions/PDOStatement-fetchColumn.xml
+++ b/reference/pdo/functions/PDOStatement-fetchColumn.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='iso-8859-1'?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
 <!-- Generated by xml_proto.php v2.1. Found in /scripts directory of phpdoc. -->
 <refentry id="function.PDOStatement-fetchColumn">
  <refnamediv>
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
      <term><parameter>column_number</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       Number of the column you wish to retrieve from the row. If no value is
-       supplied, <function>PDOStatement::fetchColumn</function> fetches the
-       first column.
+       0-indexed number of the column you wish to retrieve from the row. If
+       no value is supplied, <function>PDOStatement::fetchColumn</function>
+       fetches the first column.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -66,10 +66,11 @@ $sth->execute();
 /* Fetch the first column from the next row in the result set */
 print("Fetch the first column from the next row in the result set:\n");
 $result = $sth->fetchColumn();
-print("$result\n");
+print("name = $result\n");
 
-$result = $sth->fetchColumn();
-print("$result\n");
+print("Fetch the second column from the next row in the result set:\n");
+$result = $sth->fetchColumn(1);
+print("colour = $result\n");
 ?>
 ]]>
     </programlisting>
@@ -77,8 +78,9 @@ print("$result\n");
     <screen>
 <![CDATA[
 Fetch the first column from the next row in the result set:
-lemon
-orange
+name = lemon
+Fetch the second column from the next row in the result set:
+colour = red
 ]]>
     </screen>
    </example>