diff --git a/reference/datetime/datetime/getoffset.xml b/reference/datetime/datetime/getoffset.xml
index c876f2ee4f..555f5d0680 100644
--- a/reference/datetime/datetime/getoffset.xml
+++ b/reference/datetime/datetime/getoffset.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <refentry xml:id="datetime.getoffset" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>DateTime::getOffset</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Returns the daylight saving time offset</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>Returns the timezone offset</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsect1 role="description">
   &reftitle.description;
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
  <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
   &reftitle.returnvalues;
   <para>
-   Returns DST offset in seconds on success&return.falseforfailure;.
+   Returns offset in seconds with respect to daylight saving time on success
+   &return.falseforfailure;.
   </para>
  </refsect1>