diff --git a/functions/outcontrol.xml b/functions/outcontrol.xml
index 5f20620dec..2d3e805036 100644
--- a/functions/outcontrol.xml
+++ b/functions/outcontrol.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.16 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.17 $ -->
  <reference id="ref.outcontrol">
   <title>Output Control Functions</title>
   <titleabbrev>Output Control</titleabbrev>
@@ -61,28 +61,34 @@ ob_end_flush();
     </funcsynopsis>
     <simpara>
      Flushes the output buffers of PHP and whatever backend PHP is
-     using (CGI, a web server, etc.)  This effectively tries to push
+     using (CGI, a web server, etc).  This effectively tries to push
      all the output so far to the user's browser.
     </simpara>
-		<note>
-		 <para>
-			<function>flush</function> has no effect on the buffering
-			 scheme of your webserver or the browser on the client
-			 side. 
-		 </para>
-		 <para>
-			Several servers, especially on Win32, will still buffer
-			the output from your script until it terminates before
-			transmitting the results to the browser. 
-		 </para>
-		 <para>
-			Even the browser may buffer its input before displaying it. 
-			Netscape, for example, buffers text until it receives an
-			end-of-line or the beginning of a tag, and it won't render
-			tables until the &lt;/table&gt; tag of the outermost table is
-			seen.
-		 </para>
-		</note>
+    <note>
+     <para>
+      <function>flush</function> has no effect on the buffering
+      scheme of your webserver or the browser on the client
+      side. 
+     </para>
+     <para>
+      Several servers, especially on Win32, will still buffer
+      the output from your script until it terminates before
+      transmitting the results to the browser. 
+     </para>
+     <para>
+      Even the browser may buffer its input before displaying it. 
+      Netscape, for example, buffers text until it receives an
+      end-of-line or the beginning of a tag, and it won't render
+      tables until the &lt;/table&gt; tag of the outermost table is
+      seen.
+     </para>
+     <para>
+      Some versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer will only start to display
+      the page after they have received 256 bytes of output, so you may need to
+      send extra whitespace before flushing to get those browsers to display the
+      page.
+     </para>
+    </note>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>