diff --git a/reference/mysqli/mysqli/set-charset.xml b/reference/mysqli/mysqli/set-charset.xml
index 494d37a72f..9c43177cac 100644
--- a/reference/mysqli/mysqli/set-charset.xml
+++ b/reference/mysqli/mysqli/set-charset.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>mysqli::set_charset</refname>
   <refname>mysqli_set_charset</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Sets the default client character set</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>Sets the client character set</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsect1 role="description">
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
    <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>charset</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
-   Sets the default character set to be used when sending data from and to
+   Sets the character set to be used when sending data from and to
    the database server.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
      <term><parameter>charset</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       The charset to be set as default.
+       The desired character set.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -58,52 +58,32 @@
    <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "test");
 
-/* check connection */
-if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
-    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
-    exit();
-}
+mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
+$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "test");
 
 printf("Initial character set: %s\n", $mysqli->character_set_name());
 
 /* change character set to utf8mb4 */
-if (!$mysqli->set_charset("utf8mb4")) {
-    printf("Error loading character set utf8mb4: %s\n", $mysqli->error);
-    exit();
-} else {
-    printf("Current character set: %s\n", $mysqli->character_set_name());
-}
+$mysqli->set_charset("utf8mb4");
 
-$mysqli->close();
-?>
+printf("Current character set: %s\n", $mysqli->character_set_name());
 ]]>
    </programlisting>
    <para>&style.procedural;</para>
    <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-$link = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'my_user', 'my_password', 'test');
 
-/* check connection */
-if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
-    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
-    exit();
-}
+mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
+$link = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'my_user', 'my_password', 'test');
 
 printf("Initial character set: %s\n", mysqli_character_set_name($link));
 
 /* change character set to utf8mb4 */
-if (!mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8mb4")) {
-    printf("Error loading character set utf8mb4: %s\n", mysqli_error($link));
-    exit();
-} else {
-    printf("Current character set: %s\n", mysqli_character_set_name($link));
-}
+mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8mb4");
 
-mysqli_close($link);
-?>
+printf("Current character set: %s\n", mysqli_character_set_name($link));
 ]]>
    </programlisting>
    &examples.outputs.similar;