diff --git a/language/oop5/basic.xml b/language/oop5/basic.xml
index bbbfb35852..7d8033353f 100644
--- a/language/oop5/basic.xml
+++ b/language/oop5/basic.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.17 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.18 $ -->
 
  <sect1 id="language.oop5.basic">
   <title>The Basics</title>
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ EOD;
   <sect2 id="language.oop5.basic.new">
    <title>new</title>
    <para>
-    To create an instance of an object, a new object must be created and
+    To create an instance of a class, a new object must be created and
     assigned to a variable.  An object will always be assigned when
     creating a new object unless the object has a
     <link linkend="language.oop5.decon">constructor</link> defined that throws an
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ $instance = new SimpleClass();
     </programlisting>
    </example>
    <para>
-    When assigning an already created instance of an object to a new variable, the new variable
+    When assigning an already created instance of a class to a new variable, the new variable
     will access the same instance as the object that was assigned. This
-    behaviour is the same when passing instances to a function. A new instance
+    behaviour is the same when passing instances to a function. A copy
     of an already created object can be made by
     <link linkend="language.oop5.cloning">cloning</link> it.
    </para>