diff --git a/reference/tidy/functions/tidy-construct.xml b/reference/tidy/functions/tidy-construct.xml
index 95f5e11b90..86e9672bbc 100755
--- a/reference/tidy/functions/tidy-construct.xml
+++ b/reference/tidy/functions/tidy-construct.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='iso-8859-1'?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="function.tidy-construct" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>tidy::__construct</refname>
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>use_include_path</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
-   <function>tidy::__construct</function> constructs a new tidy object.
+   <function>tidy::__construct</function> constructs a new 
+   <classname>tidy</classname> object.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
@@ -43,8 +44,8 @@
        options themselves.
       </para>
       <para>
-       Check http://tidy.sourceforge.net/docs/quickref.html for an
-       explanation about each option.
+       For an explanation about each option, visit <link
+       xlink:href="&url.tidy.conf;">&url.tidy.conf;</link>.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -53,9 +54,12 @@
      <listitem>
       <para>
        The <parameter>encoding</parameter> parameter sets the encoding for
-       input/output documents. The possible values for encoding  are: ascii,
-       latin0, latin1, raw, utf8, iso2022, mac, win1252, ibm858, utf16,
-       utf16le, utf16be, big5 and shiftjis.
+       input/output documents. The possible values for encoding  are: 
+       <literal>ascii</literal>, <literal>latin0</literal>, <literal>latin1</literal>,
+       <literal>raw</literal>, <literal>utf8</literal>, <literal>iso2022</literal>,
+       <literal>mac</literal>, <literal>win1252</literal>, <literal>ibm858</literal>,
+       <literal>utf16</literal>, <literal>utf16le</literal>, <literal>utf16be</literal>,
+       <literal>big5</literal>, and <literal>shiftjis</literal>.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>