diff --git a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-real-escape-string.xml b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-real-escape-string.xml
index acdf8bbfb8..f186b4b138 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-real-escape-string.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-real-escape-string.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.23 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.24 $ -->
 <refentry id="function.mysql-real-escape-string">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>mysql_real_escape_string</refname>
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
   </para>
   <para>
    <function>mysql_real_escape_string</function> calls MySQL's library function
-   mysql_escape_string, which prepends backslashes to the following characters:
-   <literal>NULL</literal>, <literal>\x00</literal>, <literal>\n</literal>,
+   mysql_real_escape_string, which prepends backslashes to the following characters:
+   <literal>\x00</literal>, <literal>\n</literal>,
    <literal>\r</literal>, <literal>\</literal>, <literal>'</literal>,
    <literal>"</literal> and <literal>\x1a</literal>.
   </para>