diff --git a/reference/mail/functions/mail.xml b/reference/mail/functions/mail.xml
index ca5a0556f5..6dd9c62999 100644
--- a/reference/mail/functions/mail.xml
+++ b/reference/mail/functions/mail.xml
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@
        Message to be sent.
       </para>
       <para>
-       Each line should be separated with a LF (\n). Lines should not be larger
-       than 70 characters.
+       Each line should be separated with a CRLF (\r\n). Lines should not be
+       larger than 70 characters.
       </para>
       <caution>
        <para>
@@ -208,10 +208,10 @@ $text = str_replace("\n.", "\n..", $text);
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
 // The message
-$message = "Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3";
+$message = "Line 1\r\nLine 2\r\nLine 3";
 
 // In case any of our lines are larger than 70 characters, we should use wordwrap()
-$message = wordwrap($message, 70);
+$message = wordwrap($message, 70, "\r\n");
 
 // Send
 mail('caffeinated@example.com', 'My Subject', $message);