diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/crypt.xml b/reference/strings/functions/crypt.xml
index 95edd961f8..7692b8f1cf 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/crypt.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/crypt.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/strings.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.crypt">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -84,22 +84,38 @@
       There is no decrypt function, since <function>crypt</function>
       uses a one-way algorithm.
      </simpara>
-     </note>
+    </note>
     <example>
      <title><function>crypt</function> examples</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-$password = crypt("My1sTpassword"); // let salt be generated
+$password = crypt('mypassword'); // let the salt be automatically generated
 
-# You should pass the entire results of crypt() as the salt for comparing a
-# password, to avoid problems when different hashing algorithms are used. (As
-# it says above, standard DES-based password hashing uses a 2-character salt,
-# but MD5-based hashing uses 12.)
+/* You should pass the entire results of crypt() as the salt for comparing a
+   password, to avoid problems when different hashing algorithms are used. (As
+   it says above, standard DES-based password hashing uses a 2-character salt,
+   but MD5-based hashing uses 12.) */
 if (crypt($user_input, $password) == $password) {
    echo "Password verified!";
 }
 ?>
+]]>
+     </programlisting>
+    </example>
+	<example>
+     <title>Using <function>crypt</function> with htpasswd</title>
+	 To create a password for use with an apache htpasswd file, you'll need to
+	 use the first two letters of the password as the salt.
+     <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+// Set the password
+$password = 'mypassword';
+
+// Get the hash
+$hash = crypt($password, substr($password, 0, 2));
+?>
 ]]>
      </programlisting>
     </example>