diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/echo.xml b/reference/strings/functions/echo.xml
index f80bbe5ae9..6501c23258 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/echo.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/echo.xml
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ echo "Hello ", isset($name) ? $name : "John Doe", "!";
    </programlisting>
 
    <para>
-    With concatenation, the period operator has a higher precedence than both
-    the addition and ternary operators, and so parentheses must be used for the
+    With concatenation, the period operator has the same precedence as
+    the addition operator, and higher precedence than the ternary operator, so parentheses must be used for the
     correct behaviour:
    </para>
    <programlisting role="php">