diff --git a/reference/amqp/amqpchannel/construct.xml b/reference/amqp/amqpchannel/construct.xml
index 822ff83383..7df411b870 100644
--- a/reference/amqp/amqpchannel/construct.xml
+++ b/reference/amqp/amqpchannel/construct.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <refentry xml:id="amqpchannel.construct" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>AMQPChannel::__construct</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Create an instance of an AMQPQueue object</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>Create an instance of an AMQPChannel object</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsect1 role="description">
diff --git a/reference/amqp/amqpchannel/starttransaction.xml b/reference/amqp/amqpchannel/starttransaction.xml
index f3e17d016d..1b68bf545c 100644
--- a/reference/amqp/amqpchannel/starttransaction.xml
+++ b/reference/amqp/amqpchannel/starttransaction.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
    <void />
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
-    Commit an existing transaction. This method must be called on the given channel prior to calling <methodname>AMQPChannel::commitTransaction</methodname> or <methodname>AMQPChannel::rollbackTransaction</methodname>.
+    Start a transaction. This method must be called on the given channel prior to calling <methodname>AMQPChannel::commitTransaction</methodname> or <methodname>AMQPChannel::rollbackTransaction</methodname>.
   </para>
  </refsect1>