diff --git a/reference/curl/functions/curl-multi-add-handle.xml b/reference/curl/functions/curl-multi-add-handle.xml
index 678d37952b..6ed774bb8f 100644
--- a/reference/curl/functions/curl-multi-add-handle.xml
+++ b/reference/curl/functions/curl-multi-add-handle.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <title><function>curl_multi_add_handle</function> example</title>
     <para>
      This example will create two cURL handles, add them to a multi
-     handle, and then run them in parallel.
+     handle, and process them asynchronously.
     </para>
     <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
diff --git a/reference/curl/functions/curl-multi-close.xml b/reference/curl/functions/curl-multi-close.xml
index 2e060f35b4..209468f5b7 100644
--- a/reference/curl/functions/curl-multi-close.xml
+++ b/reference/curl/functions/curl-multi-close.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <title><function>curl_multi_close</function> example</title>
     <para>
      This example will create two cURL handles, add them to a multi
-     handle, and then run them in parallel.
+     handle, and process them asynchronously.
     </para>
     <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
diff --git a/reference/curl/functions/curl-multi-exec.xml b/reference/curl/functions/curl-multi-exec.xml
index 15893a263a..a5d64a316f 100644
--- a/reference/curl/functions/curl-multi-exec.xml
+++ b/reference/curl/functions/curl-multi-exec.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     <title><function>curl_multi_exec</function> example</title>
     <para>
      This example will create two cURL handles, add them to a multi
-     handle, and then run them in parallel.
+     handle, and process them asynchronously.
     </para>
     <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
diff --git a/reference/curl/functions/curl-multi-init.xml b/reference/curl/functions/curl-multi-init.xml
index c3c175b710..0d9760a40f 100644
--- a/reference/curl/functions/curl-multi-init.xml
+++ b/reference/curl/functions/curl-multi-init.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
    <void />
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
-   Allows the processing of multiple cURL handles in parallel.
+   Allows the processing of multiple cURL handles asynchronously.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <title><function>curl_multi_init</function> example</title>
     <para>
      This example will create two cURL handles, add them to a multi
-     handle, and then run them in parallel.
+     handle, and process them asynchronously.
     </para>
     <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
diff --git a/reference/curl/functions/curl-multi-setopt.xml b/reference/curl/functions/curl-multi-setopt.xml
index 1bb4f98585..e872ea32e1 100644
--- a/reference/curl/functions/curl-multi-setopt.xml
+++ b/reference/curl/functions/curl-multi-setopt.xml
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@
             handle will make it attempt to perform HTTP Pipelining as far as
             possible for transfers using this handle. This means that if you add
             a second request that can use an already existing connection, the
-            second request will be "piped" on the same connection rather than
-            being executed in parallel.
+            second request will be "piped" on the same connection.
            </entry>
           </row>
           <row>