diff --git a/reference/spl/directoryiterator/current.xml b/reference/spl/directoryiterator/current.xml
index a8c4924a5c..df4cc33c83 100644
--- a/reference/spl/directoryiterator/current.xml
+++ b/reference/spl/directoryiterator/current.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-$iterator = new DirectoryIterator(dirname(__FILE__));
+$iterator = new DirectoryIterator(__DIR__);
 while($iterator->valid()) {
     $file = $iterator->current();
     echo $iterator->key() . " => " . $file->getFilename() . "\n";
diff --git a/reference/spl/filesystemiterator/current.xml b/reference/spl/filesystemiterator/current.xml
index 8fab77f8ff..e611bdeacc 100644
--- a/reference/spl/filesystemiterator/current.xml
+++ b/reference/spl/filesystemiterator/current.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-$iterator = new FilesystemIterator(dirname(__FILE__), FilesystemIterator::CURRENT_AS_PATHNAME);
+$iterator = new FilesystemIterator(__DIR__, FilesystemIterator::CURRENT_AS_PATHNAME);
 foreach ($iterator as $fileinfo) {
     echo $iterator->current() . "\n";
 }