diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/realpath.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/realpath.xml
index 793ad1cfa7..ebaa0bc78c 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/realpath.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/realpath.xml
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@
       <row>
        <entry>5.3.0</entry>
        <entry>
-        Prior to this release <function>realpath</function> would not fail on
-        *BSD systems if only the last <parameter>path</parameter>
-        component did not exist.
+        Prior to this release, if only the last <parameter>path</parameter>
+        component did not exist, <function>realpath</function> would not fail on
+        *BSD systems. <function>realpath</function> now fails in this case.
        </entry>
       </row>
       <row>