diff --git a/reference/ibase/reference.xml b/reference/ibase/reference.xml
index b53bdd46da..2f6a06116a 100644
--- a/reference/ibase/reference.xml
+++ b/reference/ibase/reference.xml
@@ -1,21 +1,36 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
  <reference id="ref.ibase">
-  <title>InterBase Functions</title>
-  <titleabbrev>InterBase</titleabbrev>
+  <title>Firebird/InterBase Functions</title>
+  <titleabbrev>Firebird/InterBase</titleabbrev>
 
   <partintro>
    <section id="ibase.intro">
    &reftitle.intro;
     <para>
-     InterBase is a popular database put out by Borland/Inprise. More
-     information about InterBase is available at <ulink
-     url="&url.ibase;">&url.ibase;</ulink>. Oh, by the way, InterBase
-     just joined the open source movement!
+     Firebird/InterBase is a relational database offering many ANSI SQL-92 features
+     that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. Firebird/InterBase
+     offers excellent concurrency, high performance, and powerful language
+     support for stored procedures and triggers. It has been used in production
+     systems, under a variety of names since 1981. 
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     InterBase is the name of the closed-source variant of this RDBMS that
+     was developed by Borland/Inprise. More information about InterBase is 
+     available at <ulink>&url.ibase;</ulink>.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     Firebird is a commercially independent project of C and C++ programmers,
+     technical advisors and supporters developing and enhancing a multi-platform
+     relational database management system based on the source code released by
+     Inprise Corp (now known as Borland Software Corp) under the InterBase
+     Public License v.1.0 on 25 July, 2000. More information about Firebird is 
+     available at <ulink>&url.firebird;</ulink>.
     </para>
     <note>
      <para>
-      Full support for InterBase 6 was added in PHP 4.0. 
+      This extension supports InterBase versions 5 and up and all versions of Firebird.
+      Support for InterBase version 5.x will be dropped in PHP 5.
      </para>
      <para>
       This database uses a single quote (') character for escaping, a