diff --git a/language/functions.xml b/language/functions.xml
index 828bc2df23..c7f2ffcff6 100644
--- a/language/functions.xml
+++ b/language/functions.xml
@@ -1282,8 +1282,8 @@ $func(); // prints "bar" as of PHP 7.0.0; prior, it raised a fatal error
     <link linkend="ref.image">image</link> functions such as 
     <function>imagecreatetruecolor</function>, PHP must be compiled with
     <productname>GD</productname> support. Or, to use
-    <function>mysql_connect</function>, PHP must be compiled with
-    <link linkend="ref.mysql">MySQL</link> support. There are many core functions
+    <function>mysqli_connect</function>, PHP must be compiled with
+    <link linkend="book.mysqli">MySQLi</link> support. There are many core functions
     that are included in every version of PHP, such as the
     <link linkend="ref.strings">string</link> and 
     <link linkend="ref.var">variable</link> functions. A call