diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/glob.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/glob.xml
index 24bc03c803..fcb2589488 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/glob.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/glob.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.14 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.15 $ -->
   <refentry id="function.glob">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>glob</refname> 
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
     <para>
      The <function>glob</function> function searches for all the pathnames
      matching <parameter>pattern</parameter> according to the rules used by
-     the shell. No tilde expansion or parameter substitution is done.
+     the libc glob() function, which is similar to the rules used by common
+     shells. No tilde expansion or parameter substitution is done.
     </para>
     <para>
      Returns an array containing the matched files/directories or &false; on