diff --git a/reference/image/functions/iptcembed.xml b/reference/image/functions/iptcembed.xml
index fd22484bf1..e52992cd68 100644
--- a/reference/image/functions/iptcembed.xml
+++ b/reference/image/functions/iptcembed.xml
@@ -111,11 +111,16 @@ $data = '';
 foreach($iptc as $tag => $string)
 {
     $tag = substr($tag, 2);
-    $data .= iptc_make_tag(2, substr($tag, 2), $string);
+    $data .= iptc_make_tag(2, $tag, $string);
 }
 
 // Embed the IPTC data
 $content = iptcembed($data, $path);
+
+// Write the new image data out to the file.
+$fp = fopen($path, "wb");
+fwrite($fp, $content);
+fclose($fp);
 ?>
 ]]>
    </programlisting>