diff --git a/reference/oci8/functions/oci-error.xml b/reference/oci8/functions/oci-error.xml
index 3babe39e47..a194850ffd 100644
--- a/reference/oci8/functions/oci-error.xml
+++ b/reference/oci8/functions/oci-error.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
   <refentry id="function.oci-error">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>oci_error</refname>
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ if (!$conn) {
 <![CDATA[
 $stmt = @oci_parse($conn, "select ' from dual");  // note mismatched quote
 if (!$stmt) {
-  $e = oci_parse($conn);  // For oci_parse errors pass the connection handle
+  $e = oci_error($conn);  // For oci_parse errors pass the connection handle
   echo htmlentities($e['message']);
 }
 ]]>