diff --git a/language/operators.xml b/language/operators.xml
index 8578506066..00650e08c5 100644
--- a/language/operators.xml
+++ b/language/operators.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.41 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.42 $ -->
  <chapter id="language.operators">
   <title>Operators</title>
   <simpara>
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
      <literal>=</literal>, PHP will still allow expressions
      similar to the following: <literal>if (!$a = foo())</literal>,
      in which case the output from <literal>foo()</literal> is
-     put into <variable>$a</variable>.
+     put into <varname>$a</varname>.
     </para>
    </note>
   </sect1>