diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/echo.xml b/reference/strings/functions/echo.xml
index 9f6d7d3e7d..8f0fbc2928 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/echo.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/echo.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/strings.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.echo">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
      <methodsynopsis>
-      <methodname>echo</methodname>
+      <type>void</type><methodname>echo</methodname>
       <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>arg1</parameter></methodparam>
       <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>argn...</parameter></methodparam>
      </methodsynopsis>