diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/sscanf.xml b/reference/strings/functions/sscanf.xml
index 87dbfac9d3..f6e6edf67b 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/sscanf.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/sscanf.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.13 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.14 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/strings.xml, last change in rev 1.33 -->
   <refentry id="function.sscanf">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
 // getting the serial number
-$serial = sscanf("SN/2350001", "SN/%d");
+list($serial) = sscanf("SN/2350001", "SN/%d");
 // and the date of manufacturing
 $mandate = "January 01 2000";
 list($month, $day, $year) = sscanf($mandate, "%s %d %d");