diff --git a/reference/openssl/functions/openssl-error-string.xml b/reference/openssl/functions/openssl-error-string.xml
index e011f6a392..f329a915c8 100644
--- a/reference/openssl/functions/openssl-error-string.xml
+++ b/reference/openssl/functions/openssl-error-string.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
    <function>openssl_error_string</function> returns the last error from the
-   openSSL library.  Error messages are stacked, so this function should be
-   called multiple times to collect all of the information.
+   openSSL library.  Error messages are queued, so this function should be
+   called multiple times to collect all of the information. The last error will
+   be the most recent one.
   </para>
  </refsect1>