diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/echo.xml b/reference/strings/functions/echo.xml
index ae6f9d7705..818ee0c9a8 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/echo.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/echo.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.16 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.17 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/strings.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.echo">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ that the here document terminator must appear on a
 line with just a semicolon. no extra whitespace!
 END;
 
-// Because echo does not behave like a function, following code is invalid.
+// Because echo does not behave like a function, the following code is invalid.
 ($some_var) ? echo 'true' : echo 'false';
 
 // However, the following examples will work: