diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/substr.xml b/reference/strings/functions/substr.xml
index f4e396a76e..8ae115ea4c 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/substr.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/substr.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/strings.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.substr">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ echo $string{3};                // returns d
     <para>
      If <parameter>start</parameter> is negative, the returned string
      will start at the <parameter>start</parameter>'th character
-     from the end of <parameter>string</parameter>.</para>
+     from the end of <parameter>string</parameter>.
+    </para>
     <example>
      <title>Using a negative <parameter>start</parameter></title>
      <programlisting role="php">
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ $rest = substr("abcdef", -3, 1); // returns "d"
      If <parameter>length</parameter> is given and is positive, the string
      returned will contain at most <parameter>length</parameter> characters
      beginning from <parameter>start</parameter> (depending on the length of
-     <parameter>string</parameter>. If <parameter>string</parameter> is less
+     <parameter>string</parameter>). If <parameter>string</parameter> is less
      than <parameter>start</parameter> characters long, &false; will be
      returned.
     </para>