diff --git a/reference/exec/functions/escapeshellarg.xml b/reference/exec/functions/escapeshellarg.xml
index 5e94009796..88fef98979 100644
--- a/reference/exec/functions/escapeshellarg.xml
+++ b/reference/exec/functions/escapeshellarg.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/exec.xml, last change in rev 1.8 -->
   <refentry id="function.escapeshellarg">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -25,15 +25,16 @@
      <informalexample>
       <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
-system("ls ".escapeshellarg($dir));
+<?php
+system('ls '.escapeshellarg($dir));
+?>
 ]]>
       </programlisting>
      </informalexample>
     </para>
     <para>
-     See also <function>escshellcmd</function>,
-		 <function>exec</function>, <function>popen</function>,
-     <function>system</function>, and the <link
+     See also <function>escshellcmd</function>, <function>exec</function>,
+     <function>popen</function>, <function>system</function>, and the <link
      linkend="language.operators.execution">backtick operator</link>.
     </para>
 
diff --git a/reference/exec/functions/escapeshellcmd.xml b/reference/exec/functions/escapeshellcmd.xml
index b24a30a68c..e7a6b4b370 100644
--- a/reference/exec/functions/escapeshellcmd.xml
+++ b/reference/exec/functions/escapeshellcmd.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/exec.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.escapeshellcmd">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -25,10 +25,16 @@
      <informalexample>
       <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
+<?php
 $e = escapeshellcmd($userinput);
-system("echo $e"); // here we don't care if $e has spaces
+ 
+// here we don't care if $e has spaces
+system("echo $e");
 $f = escapeshellcmd($filename);
-system("touch \"/tmp/$f\"; ls -l \"/tmp/$f\""); // and here we do, so we use quotes
+ 
+// and here we do, so we use quotes
+system("touch \"/tmp/$f\"; ls -l \"/tmp/$f\"");
+?>
 ]]>
       </programlisting>
      </informalexample>
diff --git a/reference/exec/functions/proc-get-status.xml b/reference/exec/functions/proc-get-status.xml
index a89b125141..1cca49ebc0 100644
--- a/reference/exec/functions/proc-get-status.xml
+++ b/reference/exec/functions/proc-get-status.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
   <refentry id='function.proc-get-status'>
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>proc_get_status</refname>
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@
       </tbody>
      </tgroup>
     </informaltable>
+    <para>
+     See also <function>proc_open</function>.
+    </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
 
diff --git a/reference/exec/functions/proc-open.xml b/reference/exec/functions/proc-open.xml
index 9ac2ae8269..beab0832cd 100644
--- a/reference/exec/functions/proc-open.xml
+++ b/reference/exec/functions/proc-open.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/exec.xml, last change in rev 1.28 -->
   <refentry id='function.proc-open'>
    <refnamediv>
@@ -83,11 +83,6 @@ if (is_resource($process)) {
       of accessing those handles.  Stdin, stdout and stderr work as expected.
      </para>
     </note>
-    <note>
-     <para>
-      This function was introduced in PHP 4.3.0.
-     </para>
-    </note>
     <note>
      <para>
       If you only need a uni-directional (one-way) process pipe, use
diff --git a/reference/exec/functions/proc-terminate.xml b/reference/exec/functions/proc-terminate.xml
index 37d2c2206d..0da9d0493e 100644
--- a/reference/exec/functions/proc-terminate.xml
+++ b/reference/exec/functions/proc-terminate.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
   <refentry id='function.proc-terminate'>
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>proc_terminate</refname>
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@
     &warn.undocumented.func;
 
     <para>
-     See also <function>proc_open</function>, 
-     <function>proc_close</function>, and 
-     <function>proc_nice</function>.
+     See also <function>proc_open</function>, <function>proc_close</function>,
+     and <function>proc_nice</function>.
     </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>