diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/fscanf.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/fscanf.xml
index 594c4194b7..c0e15dd7b4 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/fscanf.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/fscanf.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.13 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.14 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/filesystem.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.fscanf">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       <type>mixed</type><methodname>fscanf</methodname>
       <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>handle</parameter></methodparam>
       <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>format</parameter></methodparam>
-      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>var1</parameter></methodparam>
+      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>mixed</type><parameter>&amp; ...</parameter></methodparam>
      </methodsynopsis>
     <para>
      The function <function>fscanf</function> is similar to
diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/sscanf.xml b/reference/strings/functions/sscanf.xml
index a6715b810e..34ec373784 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/sscanf.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/sscanf.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.10 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/strings.xml, last change in rev 1.33 -->
   <refentry id="function.sscanf">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
       <type>mixed</type><methodname>sscanf</methodname>
       <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>str</parameter></methodparam>
       <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>format</parameter></methodparam>
-      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>var1</parameter></methodparam>
+      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>mixed</type><parameter>&amp; ...</parameter></methodparam>
      </methodsynopsis>
     <para>
      The function <function>sscanf</function> is the input analog of
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
      from the string <parameter>str</parameter> and interprets it
      according to the specified <parameter>format</parameter>. If only
      two parameters were passed to this function, the values parsed
-     will be returned as an array.
+     will be returned as an array. Otherwise, if optional parameters are passed,
+     the function will return the number of assigned values. The optional
+     parameters must be passed by reference.
     </para>
     <para>
      Any whitespace in the format string matches any whitespace in the input