diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/is-readable.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/is-readable.xml
index 3239a71b8d..d7d5f4c62d 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/is-readable.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/is-readable.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/filesystem.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.is-readable">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
       <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>filename</parameter></methodparam>
      </methodsynopsis>
     <para>
-     Returns &true; if the filename exists and is readable.
+     Returns &true; if the file or directory specified by 
+     <parameter>filename</parameter> exists and is readable.
     </para>
     <para>
      Keep in mind that PHP may be accessing the file as the user