diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/strripos.xml b/reference/strings/functions/strripos.xml
index 9b4c4b7e1e..964dc18ef4 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/strripos.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/strripos.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
   <refentry id="function.strripos">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>strripos</refname>
@@ -69,10 +69,9 @@ if ($pos === false) {
      searching an arbitrary number of characters into the string.
     </simpara>
     <simpara>
-     Negative offset values mean the end of string is moved to the left by the
-     specified value plus one. For example,
-     <literal>strripos('abcdef', 'b', -4)</literal> will search the string
-     <literal>abc</literal> for <literal>b</literal>.
+     Negative offset values will start the search at
+     <parameter>offset</parameter> characters from the
+     <emphasis>start</emphasis> of the string.
     </simpara>
     <para>
      See also <function>strrpos</function>,