diff --git a/reference/ftp/functions/ftp-cdup.xml b/reference/ftp/functions/ftp-cdup.xml
index 234cf9976c..5eaec91633 100644
--- a/reference/ftp/functions/ftp-cdup.xml
+++ b/reference/ftp/functions/ftp-cdup.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
 <!-- split from ./en/functions/ftp.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.ftp-cdup">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -27,12 +27,20 @@ $conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server);
 // login with username and password
 $login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);
 
-if (ftp_cdup($conn_id)) {
- echo "cdup successful\n";
-}else{
- echo "cdup not successful\n";
+// change the current directory to html
+ftp_chdir($conn_id, 'html');
+
+echo ftp_pwd($conn_id); // /html 
+
+// return to the parent directory
+if (ftp_cdup($conn_id)) { 
+  echo "cdup successful\n";
+} else {
+  echo "cdup not successful\n";
 }
 
+echo ftp_pwd($conn_id); // /
+
 ftp_close($conn_id);
 ?>
 ]]>