diff --git a/reference/libxml/setup.xml b/reference/libxml/setup.xml
index be83b5d509..8b77ac42b4 100644
--- a/reference/libxml/setup.xml
+++ b/reference/libxml/setup.xml
@@ -25,14 +25,15 @@
    The optional <option role="configure">--with-libxml-dir</option>
    directive is used to specify the location of <literal>libxml</literal>
    on the system that PHP is being compiled on, otherwise only the
-   default locations are scanned. The configure process checks for libxml
-   (specifically, <literal>xml2-config</literal>) in the following order:
+   default locations are scanned. The <literal>configure</literal> process
+   checks for libxml (specifically, <literal>xml2-config</literal>) in the
+   following order:
   </para>
   <orderedlist>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      The location ([DIR]) specified with <option role="configure">--with-libxml-dir</option> 
-     (<filename>[DIR]/bin/xml2-config</filename>)
+     ([DIR]=<filename>/bin/xml2-config</filename>)
     </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@
    </listitem>
   </orderedlist>
   <para>
-   If configure cannot find <filename>xml2-config</filename> in the directory
+   If <literal>configure</literal> cannot find <filename>xml2-config</filename> in the directory
    specified by <option role="configure">--with-libxml-dir</option>, then
    it'll continue on and check the default locations.
   </para>
@@ -90,4 +91,3 @@ vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
 vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
 vi: ts=1 sw=1
 -->
-