diff --git a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-errno.xml b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-errno.xml
index ed4507958b..79cfae6bf8 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-errno.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-errno.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/mysql.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.mysql-errno">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -28,22 +28,35 @@
      error code from the most recently executed MySQL function (not
      including <function>mysql_error</function> and
      <function>mysql_errno</function>), so if you want to use it,
-      make sure you check the value before calling another mySQL
+      make sure you check the value before calling another MySQL
       function.
-     <informalexample>
+     <example>
+      <title>mysql_errno Example</title>
       <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-    mysql_connect("kossu");
-    echo mysql_errno().": ".mysql_error()."<br />";
+    mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password");
+
     mysql_select_db("nonexistentdb");
-    echo mysql_errno().": ".mysql_error()."<br />";
-    $conn = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM nonexistenttable");
-    echo mysql_errno().": ".mysql_error()."<br />";
+    echo mysql_errno() . ": " . mysql_error(). "\n";
+
+    mysql_select_db("kossu");
+    mysql_query("SELECT * FROM nonexistenttable");
+    echo mysql_errno() . ": " . mysql_error() . "\n";
 ?>
 ]]>
       </programlisting>
-     </informalexample>
+      <para>
+       The above example would produce the following output:
+      </para>
+       <screen>
+<![CDATA[
+1049: Unknown database 'nonexistentdb'
+1146: Table 'kossu.nonexistenttable' doesn't exist
+Records deleted: 0
+]]>
+       </screen>
+     </example>
     </para>
     <para>
      See also: <function>mysql_error</function>
diff --git a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-error.xml b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-error.xml
index c6ee9b1c78..62e1311bdd 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-error.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-error.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/mysql.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.mysql-error">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -29,20 +29,33 @@
      including <function>mysql_error</function> and
      <function>mysql_errno</function>), so if you want to use it, make
      sure you check the value before calling another MySQL function.
-     <informalexample>
+     <example>
+      <title>mysql_errno Example</title>
       <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-    mysql_connect("marliesle");
-    echo mysql_errno().": ".mysql_error()."<br />";
+    mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password");
+
     mysql_select_db("nonexistentdb");
-    echo mysql_errno().": ".mysql_error()."<br />";
-    $conn = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM nonexistenttable");
-    echo mysql_errno().": ".mysql_error()."<br />";
+    echo mysql_errno() . ": " . mysql_error(). "\n";
+
+    mysql_select_db("kossu");
+    mysql_query("SELECT * FROM nonexistenttable");
+    echo mysql_errno() . ": " . mysql_error() . "\n";
 ?>
 ]]>
       </programlisting>
-     </informalexample>
+      <para>
+       The above example would produce the following output:
+      </para>
+       <screen>
+<![CDATA[
+1049: Unknown database 'nonexistentdb'
+1146: Table 'kossu.nonexistenttable' doesn't exist
+Records deleted: 0
+]]>
+       </screen>
+     </example>
     </para>
     <para>
      See also: <function>mysql_errno</function>