diff --git a/reference/sockets/functions/socket-select.xml b/reference/sockets/functions/socket-select.xml
index aeaf082982..2ee7c70b73 100644
--- a/reference/sockets/functions/socket-select.xml
+++ b/reference/sockets/functions/socket-select.xml
@@ -1,24 +1,27 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/sockets.xml, last change in rev 1.27 -->
   <refentry id="function.socket-select">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>socket_select</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Runs the select() system call on the given arrays of sockets with a timeout specified by tv_sec and tv_usec </refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>
+     Runs the select() system call on the given arrays of sockets 
+     with a specified timeout
+    </refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
      <methodsynopsis>
       <type>int</type><methodname>socket_select</methodname>
-      <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>&amp;read</parameter></methodparam>
-      <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>&amp;write</parameter></methodparam>
-      <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>&amp;except</parameter></methodparam>
+      <methodparam><type>array</type><parameter>&amp;read</parameter></methodparam>
+      <methodparam><type>array</type><parameter>&amp;write</parameter></methodparam>
+      <methodparam><type>array</type><parameter>&amp;except</parameter></methodparam>
       <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>tv_sec</parameter></methodparam>
       <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>tv_usec</parameter></methodparam>
      </methodsynopsis>
      &warn.experimental.func;
     <para>
-     The <function>socket_select</function> accepts arrays of sockets and
+     <function>socket_select</function> accepts arrays of sockets and
      waits for them to change status. Those coming with BSD sockets background
      will recognize that those socket resource arrays are in fact the
      so-called file descriptor sets. Three independent arrays of socket
@@ -53,8 +56,9 @@
      <function>socket_select</function> returns.
     </para>
     <para>
-     Example:
-     <programlisting role="php">
+     <example>
+      <title><function>socket_select</function> example</title>
+      <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 /* Prepare the read array */
 $read = array($socket1, $socket2);
@@ -67,7 +71,8 @@ if ($num_changed_sockets === false) {
     /* At least at one of the sockets something interesting happened */
 }
 ]]>
-     </programlisting>
+      </programlisting>
+     </example>
     </para>
     <note>
      <para>
@@ -76,11 +81,14 @@ if ($num_changed_sockets === false) {
       which expects this parameter to be passed by reference. Instead use a
       temporary variable or an expression with the leftmost member being a
       temporary variable:
-      <programlisting role="php">
+      <example>
+       <title>Using &null; with <function>socket_select</function></title>
+       <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 socket_select($r, $w, $e = NULL, 0);
 ]]>
-     </programlisting>
+       </programlisting>
+      </example>
      </para>
     </note>
     <para>
@@ -105,14 +113,17 @@ socket_select($r, $w, $e = NULL, 0);
      Be sure to use the <literal>===</literal> operator when checking for an
      error. Since the <function>socket_select</function> may return 0 the
      comparison with <literal>==</literal> would evaluate to &true;:
-     <programlisting role="php">
+     <example>
+      <title>Understanding <function>socket_select</function>'s result</title>
+      <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 if (false === socket_select($r, $w, $e = NULL, 0)) {
     echo "socket_select() failed, reason: " .
         socket_strerror(socket_last_error()) . "\n";
 }
 ]]>
-     </programlisting>
+       </programlisting>
+      </example>
      </para>
     </note>
     <note>