diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/ltrim.xml b/reference/strings/functions/ltrim.xml
index 8e8119cc6b..4c6f32ed8f 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/ltrim.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/ltrim.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/strings.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.ltrim">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>ltrim</refname> 
     <refpurpose>
-     Strip whitespace from the beginning of a string
+     Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning of a string
     </refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/rtrim.xml b/reference/strings/functions/rtrim.xml
index 50cb82ffb8..c0430c3b59 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/rtrim.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/rtrim.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/strings.xml, last change in rev 1.31 -->
   <refentry id="function.rtrim">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>rtrim</refname>
     <refpurpose>
-     Strip whitespace from the end of a string
+     Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the end of a string
     </refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/trim.xml b/reference/strings/functions/trim.xml
index 9ef8340ae8..21c42ad7bc 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/trim.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/trim.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/strings.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.trim">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>trim</refname> 
     <refpurpose>
-     Strip whitespace from the beginning and end of a string
+     Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning and end of a string
     </refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>