diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/number-format.xml b/reference/strings/functions/number-format.xml
index f1a5f20861..f7977389a5 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/number-format.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/number-format.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/math.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.number-format">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@
     </para>
     <para>
      Only the first character of <parameter>thousands_sep</parameter>
-     is used.  For example, if you use <literal>foo</literal> as
+     is used.  For example, if you use <literal>bar</literal> as
      <parameter>thousands_sep</parameter> on the number
      <literal>1000</literal>, <function>number_format</function> will
-     return <literal>1f000</literal>.
+     return <literal>1b000</literal>.
     </para>
     <para>
      <example>