diff --git a/reference/array/functions/array-splice.xml b/reference/array/functions/array-splice.xml
index 80685f710c..a589147baa 100644
--- a/reference/array/functions/array-splice.xml
+++ b/reference/array/functions/array-splice.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.11 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.12 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/array.xml, last change in rev 1.14 -->
   <refentry id="function.array-splice">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@
      around it, unless the element is an array itself.
     </para>
     <para>
-     The following equivalences hold:
+     The following statements change the values of <varname>$input</varname>
+	 the same way:
    <table>
     <title><function>array_splice</function> equivalents</title>
     <tgroup cols="2">
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@
       </row>
       <row>
        <entry>
-        $a[$x] = $y
+        $input[$x] = $y // for arrays where key equals offset
        </entry>
        <entry>
         array_splice($input, $x, 1, $y)