diff --git a/reference/sybase/functions/sybase-affected-rows.xml b/reference/sybase/functions/sybase-affected-rows.xml
index ec7532f663..d17f4d16f0 100644
--- a/reference/sybase/functions/sybase-affected-rows.xml
+++ b/reference/sybase/functions/sybase-affected-rows.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/sybase.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.sybase-affected-rows">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
     <title>Description</title>
      <methodsynopsis>
       <type>int</type><methodname>sybase_affected_rows</methodname>
-      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>link_identifier
-                    </parameter></methodparam>
+      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>link_identifier</parameter></methodparam>
      </methodsynopsis>
     <para>
      Returns: The number of affected rows by the last query.
diff --git a/reference/sybase/functions/sybase-close.xml b/reference/sybase/functions/sybase-close.xml
index 69ff1671c3..e6f0c10a56 100644
--- a/reference/sybase/functions/sybase-close.xml
+++ b/reference/sybase/functions/sybase-close.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/sybase.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.sybase-close">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -10,17 +10,18 @@
     <title>Description</title>
      <methodsynopsis>
       <type>bool</type><methodname>sybase_close</methodname>
-      <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>link_identifier</parameter></methodparam>
+      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>link_identifier</parameter></methodparam>
      </methodsynopsis>
-    <para>
-     Returns: &true; on success, &false; on error
-    </para>
     <para> 
      <function>sybase_close</function> closes the link to a Sybase
-     database that's associated with the specified link identifier.
+     database that's associated with the specified link 
+     <parameter>link_identifier</parameter>.
      If the link identifier isn't specified, the last opened link is
      assumed.
     </para>
+    <para>
+     &return.success;
+    </para>
     <para> Note that this isn't usually necessary, as non-persistent
     open links are automatically closed at the end of the script's
     execution.