diff --git a/functions/datetime.xml b/functions/datetime.xml
index 994a1165a2..9784e9c428 100644
--- a/functions/datetime.xml
+++ b/functions/datetime.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.54 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.55 $ -->
  <reference id="ref.datetime">
   <title>Date and Time functions</title>
   <titleabbrev>Date/time</titleabbrev>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <title>Description</title>
     <funcsynopsis>
      <funcprototype>
-      <funcdef>int <function>checkdate</function></funcdef>
+      <funcdef>bool <function>checkdate</function></funcdef>
       <paramdef>int <parameter>month</parameter></paramdef>
       <paramdef>int <parameter>day</parameter></paramdef>
       <paramdef>int <parameter>year</parameter></paramdef>
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
       </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
     </para>
+    <para>
+     See also <function>mktime</function> and <function>strtotime</function>.
+    </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>
 
@@ -1093,7 +1096,7 @@ print (strftime ("%A.\n"));
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>strtotime</refname>
     <refpurpose>
-     Parse about any english textual datetime description into a UNIX
+     Parse about any English textual datetime description into a UNIX
      timestamp
     </refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
@@ -1109,7 +1112,7 @@ print (strftime ("%A.\n"));
      </funcprototype>
     </funcsynopsis>
     <para>
-     The function expects to be given a string containing an english
+     The function expects to be given a string containing an English
      date format and will try to parse that format into a UNIX
      timestamp.  Upon failure, <literal>-1</literal> is returned.
      <example>