diff --git a/language/references.xml b/language/references.xml
index 437275c8e0..1ceeecf907 100644
--- a/language/references.xml
+++ b/language/references.xml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ foo($bar);
Passing by Reference
You can pass variable to function by reference, so that function could modify
- its arguments. The sytax is as follows:
+ its arguments. The syntax is as follows:
function foo (&$var) {