diff --git a/appendices/tokens.xml b/appendices/tokens.xml
index aa74b5377f..fc5df01e31 100644
--- a/appendices/tokens.xml
+++ b/appendices/tokens.xml
@@ -658,9 +658,12 @@
     </row>
     <row>
      <entry><constant>T_STRING</constant></entry>
-     <entry>"$a['a']"</entry>
-     <entry><link linkend="language.types.string.parsing">string array index
-     inside string</link></entry>
+     <entry>"parent"</entry>
+     <entry>
+      identifiers, e.g. <link linkend="language.types.string.parsing">strings</link>, 
+      object oriented keywords like <literal>parent</literal> and <literal>self</literal>, 
+      functions, classes and more are matched.
+     </entry>
     </row>
     <row>
      <entry><constant>T_STRING_CAST</constant></entry>