diff --git a/functions/strings.xml b/functions/strings.xml
index 223c9ef0f3..b22e9ae44a 100644
--- a/functions/strings.xml
+++ b/functions/strings.xml
@@ -757,12 +757,14 @@ $original = strtr ($str, $trans);
      This function is identical to
      <function>htmlspecialchars</function> in all ways, except that
      all characters which have HTML character entity equivalents are
-     translated into these entities.  Like htmlspecialchars(), it takes an
-	 optional second argument which indicates what should be done with 
-	 single and double quotes.  ENT_COMPAT (the default) will only convert
-	 double-quotes and leave single-quotes alone.  ENT_QUOTES will convert
-	 both double and single quotes, and ENT_NOQUOTES will leave both double
-	 and single quotes unconverted.
+     translated into these entities.  Like
+     <function>htmlspecialchars</function>, it takes an optional
+     second argument which indicates what should be done with single
+     and double quotes.  <constant>ENT_COMPAT</constant> (the default)
+     will only convert double-quotes and leave single-quotes alone.
+     <constant>ENT_QUOTES</constant> will convert both double and
+     single quotes, and <constant>ENT_NOQUOTES</constant> will leave
+     both double and single quotes unconverted.
     </para>
     <para>
      At present, the ISO-8859-1 character set is used.  Note that the optional