diff --git a/functions/ibase.xml b/functions/ibase.xml
index 965ab2e9b0..04c3404bf1 100644
--- a/functions/ibase.xml
+++ b/functions/ibase.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.41 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.42 $ -->
  <reference id="ref.ibase">
   <title>InterBase functions</title>
   <titleabbrev>InterBase</titleabbrev>
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ magic_quotes_sybase = On
     </funcsynopsis>
     <simpara>
      Performs a query on an InterBase database. If the query is not
-     successful, returns false. If it is successful and there are resulting
+     successful, returns &false;. If it is successful and there are resulting
      rows (such as with a SELECT query), returns a result identifier. If
      the query was successful and there were no results, returns &true;.
      Returns &false; if the query fails.