diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/explode.xml b/reference/strings/functions/explode.xml
index e1e09a88cc..6cb8423116 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/explode.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/explode.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.11 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.12 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/strings.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.explode">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     </para>
     <para>
      If the <parameter>limit</parameter> parameter is negative, all components
-     except the last <parameter>limit</parameter> are returned. This feature
+     except the last -<parameter>limit</parameter> are returned. This feature
      was added in PHP 5.1.0.
     </para>
     <para>