diff --git a/reference/session/examples.xml b/reference/session/examples.xml
index 3536f43d81..d808f142cf 100644
--- a/reference/session/examples.xml
+++ b/reference/session/examples.xml
@@ -248,8 +248,9 @@ here.
The callbacks specified in session_set_save_handler are methods
called by PHP during the life-cycle of a session: open, read,
- write and close and for the housekeeping tasks of deleting
- stored sessions and periodic garbage collection.
+ write and close and for the housekeeping tasks:
+ destroy for deleting a session and gc for periodic garbage
+ collection.
Therefor, PHP always requires session save handlers. The default is usually the