diff --git a/reference/var/functions/gettype.xml b/reference/var/functions/gettype.xml
index 9ba07761ab..23744fc596 100644
--- a/reference/var/functions/gettype.xml
+++ b/reference/var/functions/gettype.xml
@@ -38,63 +38,43 @@
   &reftitle.returnvalues;
   <para>
    Possible values for the returned string are:
-   <itemizedlist>
-    <listitem>
-     <simpara>
-      "<type>bool</type>"
-     </simpara>
-    </listitem>
-    <listitem>
-     <simpara>
-      "<type>int</type>"
-     </simpara>
-    </listitem>
-    <listitem>
-     <simpara>
-      "<type>double</type>" (for historical reasons "double" is
-      returned in case of a <type>float</type>, and not simply
-      "float")
-     </simpara>
-    </listitem>
-    <listitem>
-     <simpara>
-      "<type>string</type>"
-     </simpara>
-    </listitem>
-    <listitem>
-     <simpara>
-      "<type>array</type>"
-     </simpara>
-    </listitem>
-    <listitem>
-     <simpara>
-      "<type>object</type>"
-     </simpara>
-    </listitem>
-    <listitem>
-     <simpara>
-      "<type>resource</type>"
-     </simpara>
-    </listitem>
-    <listitem>
-     <simpara>
-      "resource (closed)" as of PHP 7.2.0
-     </simpara>
-    </listitem>
-    <listitem>
-     <simpara>
-      "<type>NULL</type>"
-     </simpara>
-    </listitem>
-    <listitem>
-     <simpara>
-      "unknown type"
-     </simpara>
-    </listitem>
-   </itemizedlist>
+   <simplelist>
+    <member>
+      <literal>"boolean"</literal>
+     </member>
+    <member>
+     <literal>"integer"</literal>
+    </member>
+    <member>
+     <literal>"double"</literal> (for historical reasons <literal>"double"</literal> is
+     returned in case of a <type>float</type>, and not simply
+     <literal>"float"</literal>)
+    </member>
+    <member>
+     <literal>"string"</literal>
+    </member>
+    <member>
+     <literal>"array"</literal>
+    </member>
+    <member>
+     <literal>"object"</literal>
+    </member>
+    <member>
+     <literal>"resource"</literal>
+    </member>
+    <member>
+     <literal>"resource (closed)"</literal> as of PHP 7.2.0
+    </member>
+    <member>
+     <literal>"NULL"</literal>
+    </member>
+    <member>
+     <literal>"unknown type"</literal>
+    </member>
+   </simplelist>
   </para>
  </refsect1>
- 
+
  <refsect1 role="examples">
   &reftitle.examples;
   <para>