diff --git a/language/operators.xml b/language/operators.xml
index 7c7bb8a736..a87fb1faeb 100644
--- a/language/operators.xml
+++ b/language/operators.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.48 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.49 $ -->
  <chapter id="language.operators">
   <title>Operators</title>
   <simpara>
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ echo "Should be 4: " . $a . "<br />\n";
     PHP follows Perl's convention when dealing with arithmetic operations
     on character variables and not C's.  For example, in Perl 'Z'+1 turns
     into 'AA', while in C 'Z'+1 turns into '[' ( ord('Z') == 90, ord('[') == 91 ).
+    Note that character variables can be incremented but not decremented.
     <example>
      <title>Arithmetric Operations on Character Variables</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
@@ -629,11 +630,6 @@ AC
      </programlisting>
     </example>
    </para>
-   <note>
-    <simpara>
-     Character variables can be incremented but not decremented.
-    </simpara>
-   </note>
   </sect1>
 
   <sect1 id="language.operators.logical">