diff --git a/reference/pcre/functions/preg-replace.xml b/reference/pcre/functions/preg-replace.xml
index eb8c535784..570d1393a6 100644
--- a/reference/pcre/functions/preg-replace.xml
+++ b/reference/pcre/functions/preg-replace.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.17 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.18 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/pcre.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
 <refentry id="function.preg-replace">
  <refnamediv>
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@
       <para>
        The string or an array with strings to replace. If this parameter is a
        string and the <parameter>pattern</parameter> parameter is an array,
-       all pattens will be replaced by that string. If both
+       all patterns will be replaced by that string. If both
        <parameter>pattern</parameter> and <parameter>replacement</parameter>
        parameters are arrays, each <parameter>pattern</parameter> will be
        replaced by the <parameter>replacement</parameter> counterpart. If
-       there are less keys in the <parameter>replacement</parameter> array
-       than in the <parameter>pattern</parameter> array, the excedent
+       there are fewer elements in the <parameter>replacement</parameter>
+       array than in the <parameter>pattern</parameter> array, any extra
        <parameter>pattern</parameter>s will be replaced by an empty string.
       </para>
      </listitem>