diff --git a/reference/mysqli/ini.xml b/reference/mysqli/ini.xml
index a6e9ea2379..3bdd429553 100644
--- a/reference/mysqli/ini.xml
+++ b/reference/mysqli/ini.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
   </table>
  </para>
  <para>
-  For further details and definitions of the above PHP_INI_* constants, see
+  For further details and definitions of the preceding PHP_INI_* constants, see
   the chapter on <link linkend="configuration.changes">configuration
   changes</link>.
  </para>
diff --git a/reference/mysqli/mysqli/connect.xml b/reference/mysqli/mysqli/connect.xml
index 70424561c5..0b95ebde11 100644
--- a/reference/mysqli/mysqli/connect.xml
+++ b/reference/mysqli/mysqli/connect.xml
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ Success... MySQL host info: localhost via TCP/IP
     OO syntax only: If a connection fails an object is still returned. To check 
     if the connection failed then use either the 
     <function>mysqli_connect_error</function> function or the <link 
-    linkend="mysqli.connect-error">mysqli->connect_error</link> property like in 
-    the examples above.
+    linkend="mysqli.connect-error">mysqli->connect_error</link> property as in 
+    the preceding examples.
    </para>
   </note>
   <note>
diff --git a/reference/mysqli/mysqli/info.xml b/reference/mysqli/mysqli/info.xml
index e6aba3688e..89cedd498b 100644
--- a/reference/mysqli/mysqli/info.xml
+++ b/reference/mysqli/mysqli/info.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
   </para>
   <note>
    <para>
-    Queries which do not fall into one of the above formats are not supported.
+    Queries which do not fall into one of the preceding formats are not supported.
     In these situations, <function>mysqli_info</function> will return an empty string.
    </para>
   </note>
diff --git a/reference/mysqlnd/stats.xml b/reference/mysqlnd/stats.xml
index b7f31697b9..12a1c3f015 100644
--- a/reference/mysqlnd/stats.xml
+++ b/reference/mysqlnd/stats.xml
@@ -831,7 +831,8 @@
      <entry>Connection</entry>
      <entry>Total number of columns of a certain type fetched from a prepared
       statement (MySQL binary protocol).</entry>
-     <entry>For type mapping see <literal>proto_text_*</literal> above.</entry>
+     <entry>For type mapping see <literal>proto_text_*</literal> described 
+     in the preceding text.</entry>
     </row>
    </tbody>
   </tgroup>