diff --git a/reference/phar/fileformat.xml b/reference/phar/fileformat.xml
index 31be7b2a84..a4536cc7b9 100644
--- a/reference/phar/fileformat.xml
+++ b/reference/phar/fileformat.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
 <section id="phar.fileformat">
  <title>Phar file format</title>
  <para>
@@ -106,6 +106,14 @@ __HALT_COMPILER();
      <entry>??</entry>
      <entry>Phar alias (length based on previous)</entry>
     </row>
+    <row>
+     <entry>4 bytes</entry>
+     <entry>Length of Phar metadata (<literal>0</literal> for none)</entry>
+    </row>
+    <row>
+     <entry>??</entry>
+     <entry>Serialized Phar Meta-data, stored in <function>serialize</function> format</entry>
+    </row>
     <row>
      <entry>at least 24 * number of entries bytes</entry>
      <entry>entries for each file</entry>
@@ -201,11 +209,11 @@ __HALT_COMPILER();
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry>4 bytes</entry>
-      <entry>Serialized Meta-data length (0 for none)</entry>
+      <entry>Serialized File Meta-data length (<literal>0</literal> for none)</entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry>??</entry>
-      <entry>Serialized Meta-data, stored in <function>serialize</function> format</entry>
+      <entry>Serialized File Meta-data, stored in <function>serialize</function> format</entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>