diff --git a/reference/ldap/examples.xml b/reference/ldap/examples.xml
index a9edf43bb9..8b204e0278 100644
--- a/reference/ldap/examples.xml
+++ b/reference/ldap/examples.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if ($ds) {
     $sr=ldap_search($ds, "o=My Company, c=US", "sn=S*");  
     echo "Search result is " . $sr . "<br />";
 
-    echo "Number of entires returned is " . ldap_count_entries($ds, $sr) . "<br />";
+    echo "Number of entries returned is " . ldap_count_entries($ds, $sr) . "<br />";
 
     echo "Getting entries ...<p>";
     $info = ldap_get_entries($ds, $sr);