diff --git a/reference/ibase/functions/ibase-fetch-object.xml b/reference/ibase/functions/ibase-fetch-object.xml
index d92ede536f..b60b6dedc8 100644
--- a/reference/ibase/functions/ibase-fetch-object.xml
+++ b/reference/ibase/functions/ibase-fetch-object.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/ibase.xml, last change in rev 1.9 -->
   <refentry id="function.ibase-fetch-object">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
      <informalexample>
       <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
-<php
+<?php
     $dbh = ibase_connect ($host, $username, $password);
     $stmt = 'SELECT * FROM tblname';
     $sth = ibase_query ($dbh, $stmt);
diff --git a/reference/ibase/functions/ibase-field-info.xml b/reference/ibase/functions/ibase-field-info.xml
index 7f343984c4..af8c13b1d4 100644
--- a/reference/ibase/functions/ibase-field-info.xml
+++ b/reference/ibase/functions/ibase-field-info.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/ibase.xml, last change in rev 1.23 -->
   <refentry id="function.ibase-field-info">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -19,19 +19,21 @@
      Returns an array with information about a field after a select
      query has been run. The array is in the form of name, alias,
      relation, length, type.
+    </para>
+    <para>
      <informalexample>
       <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-$rs=ibase_query("SELECT * FROM tablename"); 
-$coln = ibase_num_fields($rs);
-for ($i=0; $i < $coln; $i++) {
-    $col_info = ibase_field_info($rs, $i); 
-    echo "name: ".$col_info['name']."\n"; 
-    echo "alias: ".$col_info['alias']."\n"; 
-    echo "relation: ".$col_info['relation']."\n"; 
-    echo "length: ".$col_info['length']."\n"; 
-    echo "type: ".$col_info['type']."\n"; 
+    $rs = ibase_query("SELECT * FROM tablename"); 
+    $coln = ibase_num_fields($rs);
+    for ($i = 0; $i < $coln; $i++) {
+        $col_info = ibase_field_info($rs, $i); 
+        echo "name: ". $col_info['name']. "\n"; 
+        echo "alias: ". $col_info['alias']. "\n"; 
+        echo "relation: ". $col_info['relation']. "\n"; 
+        echo "length: ". $col_info['length']. "\n"; 
+        echo "type: ". $col_info['type']. "\n"; 
     }
 ?>
 ]]>
diff --git a/reference/ibase/functions/ibase-timefmt.xml b/reference/ibase/functions/ibase-timefmt.xml
index 6b1dda1fbc..8d77eb1d4c 100644
--- a/reference/ibase/functions/ibase-timefmt.xml
+++ b/reference/ibase/functions/ibase-timefmt.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/ibase.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.ibase-timefmt">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -22,15 +22,17 @@
      of the string. <parameter>columntype</parameter> is one of the
      constants IBASE_TIMESTAMP, IBASE_DATE and IBASE_TIME. If omitted,
      defaults to IBASE_TIMESTAMP for backwards compatibility.
+    </para>
+    <para>
      <informalexample>
       <programlisting role="php">
-       <![CDATA[
-       <?php
-       // InterBase 6 TIME-type columns will be returned in
-       // the form '05 hours 37 minutes'. 
-       ibase_timefmt("%H hours %M minutes", IBASE_TIME);
-       ?>
-       ]]>
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+    /* InterBase 6 TIME-type columns will be returned in
+     * the form '05 hours 37 minutes'. */
+    ibase_timefmt("%H hours %M minutes", IBASE_TIME);
+?>
+]]>
       </programlisting>
      </informalexample>
     </para>