diff --git a/reference/var/functions/serialize.xml b/reference/var/functions/serialize.xml
index 22993eef5d..520288d4f1 100644
--- a/reference/var/functions/serialize.xml
+++ b/reference/var/functions/serialize.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.15 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.16 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="function.serialize" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>serialize</refname>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
        handles all types, except the <type>resource</type>-type.
        You can even <function>serialize</function> arrays that contain
        references to itself. Circular references inside the array/object you 
-       are <function>serialize</function>ing will also be stored. Any other 
+       are serializing will also be stored. Any other 
        reference will be lost.
       </para>
       <para>