diff --git a/reference/classobj/functions/get-parent-class.xml b/reference/classobj/functions/get-parent-class.xml
index e0d78abd24..c4e7805c88 100644
--- a/reference/classobj/functions/get-parent-class.xml
+++ b/reference/classobj/functions/get-parent-class.xml
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@
      </thead>
      <tbody>
       <row>
-       <entry>Before 5.1.0</entry>
+       <entry>5.1.0</entry>
        <entry>
         If called without parameter outside object, this function would have
-        returned &null; with a warning.
+        returned &null; with a warning, but now returns &false;.
        </entry>
       </row>
       <row>
diff --git a/reference/dba/functions/dba-open.xml b/reference/dba/functions/dba-open.xml
index 245d824926..6df4bc1a52 100644
--- a/reference/dba/functions/dba-open.xml
+++ b/reference/dba/functions/dba-open.xml
@@ -202,11 +202,11 @@
        </entry>
       </row>
       <row>
-       <entry>before 4.3.5</entry>
+       <entry>4.3.5</entry>
        <entry>
-        open mode <literal>"c"</literal> is broken for several internal handlers and truncates
+        The open mode <literal>"c"</literal> was broken for several internal handlers and truncated
         the database instead of appending data to an existent database. 
-        Also <literal>dbm</literal> and <literal>ndbm</literal> fail on mode <literal>"c"</literal> in typical configurations (this 
+        Also <literal>dbm</literal> and <literal>ndbm</literal> failed on mode <literal>"c"</literal> in typical configurations (this 
         cannot be fixed).
        </entry>
       </row>