diff --git a/reference/simplexml/examples.xml b/reference/simplexml/examples.xml
index df00dbb2b6..bc3f6b5b6e 100644
--- a/reference/simplexml/examples.xml
+++ b/reference/simplexml/examples.xml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Mr. Coder played by El ActÓr
   </para>
   <note>
    <para>
-    Properties (<literal>$xml->movie</literal> in previous example) are not
+    Properties (<literal>$movies->movie</literal> in previous example) are not
     arrays. They are <link linkend="class.iterator">iterable</link> and
     <link linkend="class.arrayaccess">accessible</link> objects.
    </para>
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ $character = $movies->movie[0]->characters->addChild('character');
 $character->addChild('name', 'Mr. Parser');
 $character->addChild('actor', 'John Doe');
 
-$rating = $xml->movie[0]->addChild('rating', 'PG');
+$rating = $movies->movie[0]->addChild('rating', 'PG');
 $rating->addAttribute('type', 'mpaa');
 
 echo $movies->asXML();