diff --git a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-list-tables.xml b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-list-tables.xml
index 96cc2f4629..c60c2ec853 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-list-tables.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-list-tables.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/mysql.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.mysql-list-tables">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <para>
      <function>mysql_list_tables</function> takes a database name and
      returns a result pointer much like the
-     <function>mysql_db_query</function> function. You can use the
+     <function>mysql_query</function> function. You can use the
      <function>mysql_tablename</function> function to extract the
      actual table names from the result pointer, or any other result
      table function.
@@ -27,6 +27,29 @@
      For downward compatibility <function>mysql_listtables</function>
      can also be used. This is deprecated however.
     </para>
+    <example>
+     <title>mysql_list_tables Example</title>
+          <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+    mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password") or
+        die("could not connect");
+    mysql_select_db("mydb");
+
+    $result = mysql_list_tables();
+
+    while (($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))
+        printf ("Table: %s\n", $row[0]);  
+
+    mysql_free_result($result);
+?>
+]]>
+     </programlisting>
+    </example>
+    <para>
+    See also: <function>mysql_list_dbs</function>,
+              <function>mysql_tablename</function>.
+    </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>