diff --git a/reference/xmlrpc/functions/xmlrpc-encode-request.xml b/reference/xmlrpc/functions/xmlrpc-encode-request.xml
index 55219a5dfa..f7aa934d1c 100644
--- a/reference/xmlrpc/functions/xmlrpc-encode-request.xml
+++ b/reference/xmlrpc/functions/xmlrpc-encode-request.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
 <refentry id="function.xmlrpc-encode-request">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>xmlrpc_encode_request</refname>
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@
        Array specifying output options may contain (default values are
        emphasised):
        <itemizedlist>
-        <listitem>output_type: php, <emphasis>xml</emphasis></listitem>
-        <listitem>verbosity: no_white_space, newlines_only, <emphasis>pretty</emphasis></listitem>
-        <listitem>escaping: cdata, <emphasis>non-ascii, non-print, markup</emphasis>
-         (may be a string with one value or an array with multiple values)</listitem>
-        <listitem>version: simple, <emphasis>xmlrpc</emphasis>, soap 1.1, auto</listitem>
-        <listitem>encoding: <emphasis>iso-8859-1</emphasis>, other character set supported by iconv</listitem>
+        <listitem><para>output_type: php, <emphasis>xml</emphasis></para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para>verbosity: no_white_space, newlines_only, <emphasis>pretty</emphasis></para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para>escaping: cdata, <emphasis>non-ascii, non-print, markup</emphasis>
+          (may be a string with one value or an array with multiple values)</para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para>version: simple, <emphasis>xmlrpc</emphasis>, soap 1.1, auto</para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para>encoding: <emphasis>iso-8859-1</emphasis>, other character set supported by iconv</para></listitem>
        </itemizedlist>
       </para>
      </listitem>