diff --git a/reference/mysqli/mysqli_result/field-count.xml b/reference/mysqli/mysqli_result/field-count.xml
index e98a465971..56e1503152 100644
--- a/reference/mysqli/mysqli_result/field-count.xml
+++ b/reference/mysqli/mysqli_result/field-count.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>mysqli_result::$field_count</refname>
   <refname>mysqli_num_fields</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Get the number of fields in a result</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>Gets the number of fields in the result set</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsect1 role="description">
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
    <methodparam><type>mysqli_result</type><parameter>result</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
-   Returns the number of fields from specified result set.
+   Returns the number of fields in the result set.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
   &reftitle.returnvalues;
   <para>
-   The number of fields from a result set.
+   An <type>int</type> representing the number of fields.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
@@ -44,28 +44,16 @@
    <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
+
+mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
 $mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
 
-/* check connection */
-if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
-    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
-    exit();
-}
+$result = $mysqli->query("SELECT Name, CountryCode, District, Population FROM City ORDER BY ID LIMIT 1");
 
-if ($result = $mysqli->query("SELECT * FROM City ORDER BY ID LIMIT 1")) {
+/* Get the number of fields in the result set */
+$field_cnt = $result->field_count;
 
-    /* determine number of fields in result set */
-    $field_cnt = $result->field_count;
-
-    printf("Result set has %d fields.\n", $field_cnt);
-
-    /* close result set */
-    $result->close();
-}
-
-/* close connection */
-$mysqli->close();
-?>
+printf("Result set has %d fields.\n", $field_cnt);
 ]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
@@ -74,34 +62,22 @@ $mysqli->close();
    <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
+
+mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
 $link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
 
-/* check connection */
-if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
-    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
-    exit();
-}
+$result = mysqli_query($link, "SELECT Name, CountryCode, District, Population FROM City ORDER BY ID LIMIT 1");
 
-if ($result = mysqli_query($link, "SELECT * FROM City ORDER BY ID LIMIT 1")) {
+/* Get the number of fields in the result set */
+$field_cnt = mysqli_num_fields($result);
 
-    /* determine number of fields in result set */
-    $field_cnt = mysqli_num_fields($result);
-
-    printf("Result set has %d fields.\n", $field_cnt);
-
-    /* close result set */
-    mysqli_free_result($result);
-}
-
-/* close connection */
-mysqli_close($link);
-?>
+printf("Result set has %d fields.\n", $field_cnt);
 ]]>
    </programlisting>
    &examples.outputs;
    <screen>
 <![CDATA[
-Result set has 5 fields.
+Result set has 4 fields.
 ]]>
    </screen>
   </example>