diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/str-split.xml b/reference/strings/functions/str-split.xml
index 8e5f7b937a..c675f94c3e 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/str-split.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/str-split.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
   <refentry id="function.str-split">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>str_split</refname>
@@ -77,26 +77,6 @@ Array
       </screen>
      </example>
     </para>
-    <para>
-     <example>
-      <title>Examples related to <function>str_split</function></title>
-      <programlisting role="php">
-<![CDATA[
-<?php
-
-$str = "Hello Friend";
-
-echo $str{0};  // H
-echo $str{8};  // i
-
-// Creates: array('H','e','l','l','o',' ','F','r','i','e','n','d')
-$arr1 = preg_split('//', $str, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
-
-?>
-]]>
-      </programlisting>
-     </example>
-    </para>
     <para>
      See also <function>chunk_split</function>,
      <function>preg_split</function>,