diff --git a/functions/domxml.xml b/functions/domxml.xml
index 1a1fe6043c..3ed24a203e 100644
--- a/functions/domxml.xml
+++ b/functions/domxml.xml
@@ -506,14 +506,14 @@
     <funcsynopsis>
      <funcprototype>
       <funcdef>object <function>domxml_root</function></funcdef>
-      <paramdef>array <parameter>doc</parameter></paramdef>
+      <paramdef>object <parameter>doc</parameter></paramdef>
      </funcprototype>
     </funcsynopsis>
 	&warn.experimental.func;
     <para>
-     Returns element node located at the root of a an DOM document.
-     There are actually other possible nodes like comments which are currently
-     disregarded.
+     <function>domxml_root</function> takes one argument, an object of class 
+     "Dom document", and returns the root element node. There are actually 
+     other possible nodes like comments which are currently disregarded.
     </para>
     <para>
      The following example returns just the element with name CHAPTER and
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ if(!$dom = xmldoc($xmlstr)) {
 }
 
 $root = $dom->root();
+/* or $root = domxml_root($dom); */
 print_r($root);
 ?>
       </programlisting>