diff --git a/reference/spl/simplexmliterator/getchildren.xml b/reference/spl/simplexmliterator/getchildren.xml
index 7a8e7b7d9b..67f98ebb63 100644
--- a/reference/spl/simplexmliterator/getchildren.xml
+++ b/reference/spl/simplexmliterator/getchildren.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='iso-8859-1'?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="simplexmliterator.getchildren" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>SimpleXMLIterator::getChildren</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Returns a SimpleXMLIterator object containing the sub-elements of the current element</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>Returns the sub-elements of the current element</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsect1 role="description">
   &reftitle.description;
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
    <void/>
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
-   This method returns a <classname>SimpleXMLIterator</classname> object containing the sub-elements of the current <classname>SimpleXMLIterator</classname> element.
+   This method returns a <classname>SimpleXMLIterator</classname> object
+   containing sub-elements of the current <classname>SimpleXMLIterator</classname>
+   element.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
@@ -24,7 +26,8 @@
  <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
   &reftitle.returnvalues;
   <para>
-   Returns a <classname>SimpleXMLIterator</classname> object containing the sub-elements of the current element.
+   Returns a <classname>SimpleXMLIterator</classname> object containing
+   the sub-elements of the current element.
   </para>
  </refsect1>