diff --git a/reference/mail/functions/mail.xml b/reference/mail/functions/mail.xml
index 5bcae3511c..67021eb9e5 100644
--- a/reference/mail/functions/mail.xml
+++ b/reference/mail/functions/mail.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.10 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/mail.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.mail">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ mail("nobody@example.com", "the subject", $message,
     </para>
     <para>
      The <parameter>additional_parameters</parameter> parameter
-     can be used to pass additional parameters to the program configured
+     can be used to pass an additional parameter to the program configured
      to use when sending mail using the <literal>sendmail_path</literal>
      configuration setting. For example, this can be used to set the
      envelope sender address when using sendmail. You may need to add
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ mail("nobody@example.com", "the subject", $message,
       <programlisting>
 <![CDATA[
 /* recipients */
-$to  = "Mary <mary@example.com>" . ", " ; //note the comma
+$to  = "Mary <mary@example.com>" . ", " ; // note the comma
 $to .= "Kelly <kelly@example.com>";
 
 /* subject */