diff --git a/functions/network.xml b/functions/network.xml
index 3afa11b5da..9a74f2e6bf 100644
--- a/functions/network.xml
+++ b/functions/network.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.41 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.42 $ -->
  <reference id="ref.network">
   <title>Network Functions</title>
   <titleabbrev>Network</titleabbrev>
@@ -510,29 +510,36 @@ if (!$fp) {
      network address from its Internet standard format (dotted string)
      representation.
      <example>
-     <title><function>ip2long</function> Example</title>
-     <programlisting role="php">
+      <title><function>ip2long</function> Example</title>
+      <programlisting role="php">
 &lt;?php
 $ip = gethostbyname("www.php.net");
 $out = "The following URLs are equivalent:&lt;br&gt;\n";
-$out .= "http://www.php.net/, http://".$ip."/, and http://".ip2long($ip)."/&lt;br&gt;\n";
+$out .= "http://www.php.net/, http://".$ip."/, and http://".sprintf("%u",ip2long($ip))."/&lt;br&gt;\n";
 echo $out;
 ?&gt;
-     </programlisting>
+      </programlisting>
      </example>
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Because PHP's integer type is signed, and many IP addresses will
+       result in negative integers, you need to use the "%u" formatter of
+       <function>sprintf</function> or <function>printf</function> to get
+       the string representation of the unsigned IP address.
+     </note>
     </para>
     <para>
      This second example shows how to print a converted address with the
      <function>printf</function> function :
      <example>
-     <title>IP address displaying</title>
-     <programlisting role="php">
+      <title>Displaying an IP address</title>
+      <programlisting role="php">
 &lt;?php
 $ip = gethostbyname("www.php.net");
-printf ("%u\n", ip2long ($ip));
+printf("%u\n", ip2long($ip));
 echo $out;
 ?&gt;
-     </programlisting>
+      </programlisting>
      </example>
     </para>
     <para>