diff --git a/reference/info/functions/getopt.xml b/reference/info/functions/getopt.xml
index 2a10bd3f0d..b00d1993d3 100644
--- a/reference/info/functions/getopt.xml
+++ b/reference/info/functions/getopt.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
   <refentry id="function.getopt">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>getopt</refname>
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
      <methodsynopsis>
-      <type>string</type><methodname>getopt</methodname>
+      <type>array</type><methodname>getopt</methodname>
       <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>options</parameter></methodparam>
      </methodsynopsis>
     <para>