diff --git a/pear/standards.xml b/pear/standards.xml
index 8df429eaa4..f6e863b13b 100644
--- a/pear/standards.xml
+++ b/pear/standards.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.11 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.12 $ -->
  <chapter id="pear.standards">
   <title>PEAR Coding Standards</title>
   <note>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     Use an indent of 4 spaces, with no tabs. If you use Emacs to edit PEAR
     code, you should set indent-tabs-mode to nil. Here is an example mode
     hook that will set up Emacs according to these guidelines (you will
-    need to ensure that it is called when you are editing php files):
+    need to ensure that it is called when you are editing PHP files):
     <programlisting role="elisp">
 (defun php-mode-hook ()
   (setq tab-width 4
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ function connect(&amp;$dsn, $persistent = false)
     forget how it works.
    </para>
    <para>
-    C style comments (/* */) and standard C++ comments (// ) are both
-    fine. Use of perl/shell style comments (# ) is discouraged.
+    C style comments (/* */) and standard C++ comments (//) are both
+    fine. Use of Perl/shell style comments (#) is discouraged.
    </para>
   </sect1>