diff --git a/reference/misc/functions/highlight-file.xml b/reference/misc/functions/highlight-file.xml
index 83514c1e98..b19097da9d 100644
--- a/reference/misc/functions/highlight-file.xml
+++ b/reference/misc/functions/highlight-file.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.24 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.25 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="function.highlight-file" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>highlight_file</refname>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>return</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
-   Prints out or return a syntax highlighted version of the code contained
+   Prints out or returns a syntax highlighted version of the code contained
    in <parameter>filename</parameter> using the colors defined in the
    built-in syntax highlighter for PHP.
   </para>