diff --git a/functions/xml.xml b/functions/xml.xml
index 6179dfcd1e..874d35fd73 100644
--- a/functions/xml.xml
+++ b/functions/xml.xml
@@ -1741,7 +1741,7 @@ Array
 </moldb>
 	  </programlisting>
 	 </example>
-	  And then code to parse the document and generate the appropriate
+	  And some code to parse the document and generate the appropriate
 	  objects:
 	  <example>
 	  <title>
@@ -1749,7 +1749,7 @@ Array
 	   molecular objects
 	  </title>
 	  <programlisting role="php">
-&lt;?
+&lt;?php
 
 class AminoAcid {
 	var $name;	// aa name