diff --git a/reference/datetime/functions/microtime.xml b/reference/datetime/functions/microtime.xml
index 09e2b9820e..31959efdca 100644
--- a/reference/datetime/functions/microtime.xml
+++ b/reference/datetime/functions/microtime.xml
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@
   &reftitle.returnvalues;
   <para>
    By default, <function>microtime</function> returns a <type>string</type> in
-   the form "msec sec", where <literal>sec</literal> is the current time
-   measured in the number of seconds since the Unix epoch (0:00:00 January 1,
-   1970 GMT), and <literal>msec</literal> is the number of microseconds that
-   have elapsed since <literal>sec</literal> expressed in seconds.
+   the form "msec sec", where <literal>sec</literal> is the number of seconds 
+   since the Unix epoch (0:00:00 January 1,1970 GMT), and <literal>msec</literal> 
+   measures microseconds that have elapsed since <literal>sec</literal> 
+   and is also expressed in seconds.
   </para>
   <para>
    If <parameter>get_as_float</parameter> is set to &true;, then