diff --git a/reference/simplexml/simplexmliterator/getchildren.xml b/reference/simplexml/simplexmliterator/getchildren.xml
index df87f61496..a44ea0bf59 100644
--- a/reference/simplexml/simplexmliterator/getchildren.xml
+++ b/reference/simplexml/simplexmliterator/getchildren.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  <refsect1 role="description">
   &reftitle.description;
   <methodsynopsis>
-   <type>object</type><methodname>SimpleXMLIterator::getChildren</methodname>
+   <type>SimpleXMLIterator</type><methodname>SimpleXMLIterator::getChildren</methodname>
    <void/>
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>