diff --git a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-stat.xml b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-stat.xml
index 4cc460ec1a..2138518205 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-stat.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-stat.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/mysql.xml, last change in rev 1.62 -->
   <refentry id="function.mysql-stat">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
 $link = mysql_connect('localhost', "mysql_user", "mysql_password");
-printf("%s\n", mysql_stat($link));
+$status = explode('  ',mysql_stat($link));
+print_r($status);
 ?>
 ]]>
       </programlisting>
@@ -38,8 +39,17 @@ printf("%s\n", mysql_stat($link));
        The above example would produce the following output:
        <screen>
 <![CDATA[
-Uptime: 5380  Threads: 1  Questions: 1321299  Slow queries: 1  Opens: 26 Flush tables: 1  Open tables: 17  Queries per second avg: 245.595
-
+Array
+(
+    [0] => Uptime: 5380
+    [1] => Threads: 2
+    [2] => Questions: 1321299
+    [3] => Slow queries: 0
+    [4] => Opens: 26
+    [5] => Flush tables: 1
+    [6] => Open tables: 17
+    [7] => Queries per second avg: 245.595
+)
 ]]>
        </screen>
       </para>