diff --git a/language/control-structures/for.xml b/language/control-structures/for.xml
index 4eea2ba400..1ccec7d4be 100644
--- a/language/control-structures/for.xml
+++ b/language/control-structures/for.xml
@@ -122,11 +122,11 @@ endfor;
 * when running through the for loop.
 */
 $people = Array(
-        Array('name' => 'Kalle', 'salt' => 856412),
-        Array('name' => 'Pierre', 'salt' => 215863)
-        );
+    Array('name' => 'Kalle', 'salt' => 856412),
+    Array('name' => 'Pierre', 'salt' => 215863)
+);
 
-for($i = 0; $i < sizeof($people); ++$i)
+for($i = 0; $i < count($people); ++$i)
 {
     $people[$i]['salt'] = rand(000000, 999999);
 }
@@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ for($i = 0; $i < sizeof($people); ++$i)
   </informalexample>
  </para>
  <simpara>
-  The problem lies in the second for expression. This  code can be slow
+  The problem lies in the second for expression. This code can be slow
   because it has to calculate the size of the array on each iteration.
-  Since the size never change, it can be optimized easily using an
-  intermediate variable to store the size  and use in the loop instead
-  of sizeof. The example below illustrates this:
+  Since the size never changes, it can be optimized easily using an
+  intermediate variable to store the size and use in the loop instead
+  of count. The example below illustrates this:
  </simpara>
  <para>
   <informalexample>
@@ -148,11 +148,11 @@ for($i = 0; $i < sizeof($people); ++$i)
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
 $people = Array(
-        Array('name' => 'Kalle', 'salt' => 856412),
-        Array('name' => 'Pierre', 'salt' => 215863)
-        );
+    Array('name' => 'Kalle', 'salt' => 856412),
+    Array('name' => 'Pierre', 'salt' => 215863)
+);
 
-for($i = 0, $size = sizeof($people); $i < $size; ++$i)
+for($i = 0, $size = count($people); $i < $size; ++$i)
 {
     $people[$i]['salt'] = rand(000000, 999999);
 }