diff --git a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-unbuffered-query.xml b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-unbuffered-query.xml
index 602f5ec7a5..f74a6d972f 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-unbuffered-query.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-unbuffered-query.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <refentry xml:id="function.mysql-unbuffered-query" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>mysql_unbuffered_query</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Send an SQL query to MySQL, without fetching and buffering the result rows</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>Send an SQL query to MySQL without fetching and buffering the result rows.</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsect1 role="description">
@@ -14,17 +14,18 @@
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type>resource</type><parameter>link_identifier</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
-   <function>mysql_unbuffered_query</function> sends a SQL query
-   <parameter>query</parameter> to MySQL, without fetching and
-   buffering the result rows automatically, as
-   <function>mysql_query</function> does.  On the one hand, this
-   saves a considerable amount of memory with SQL queries that
-   produce large result sets. On the other hand, you can start
-   working on the result set immediately after the first row has
-   been retrieved: you don't have to wait until the complete SQL
-   query has been performed.  When using multiple DB-connects, you
-   have to specify the optional parameter
-   <parameter>link_identifier</parameter>.
+   <function>mysql_unbuffered_query</function> sends the SQL query
+   <parameter>query</parameter> to MySQL without automatically
+   fetching and buffering the result rows as
+   <function>mysql_query</function> does.  This saves a considerable
+   amount of memory with SQL queries that produce large result sets,
+   and you can start working on the result set immediately after the
+   first row has been retrieved as you don't have to wait until the
+   complete SQL query has been performed.  To use
+   <function>mysql_unbuffered_query</function> while multiple database
+   connections are open, you must specify the optional parameter
+   <parameter>link_identifier</parameter> to identify which connection
+   you want to use.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@
      <term><parameter>query</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       A SQL query
+       The SQL query to execute.
       </para>
       <para>
        Data inside the query should be <link
@@ -69,10 +70,10 @@
   <note>
    <para>
     The benefits of <function>mysql_unbuffered_query</function> come
-    at a cost: You cannot use <function>mysql_num_rows</function> and
+    at a cost: you cannot use <function>mysql_num_rows</function> and
     <function>mysql_data_seek</function> on a result set returned from
     <function>mysql_unbuffered_query</function>. You also have to
-    fetch all result rows from an unbuffered SQL query, before you
+    fetch all result rows from an unbuffered SQL query before you
     can send a new SQL query to MySQL.
    </para>
   </note>