diff --git a/reference/regex/reference.xml b/reference/regex/reference.xml
index a8d8d4f4ef..c7dd578114 100644
--- a/reference/regex/reference.xml
+++ b/reference/regex/reference.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
  <reference id="ref.regex">
   <title>Regular Expression Functions (POSIX Extended)</title>
   <titleabbrev>Regexps</titleabbrev>
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@
       <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 ereg ("abc", $string);            
-/* Returns true if"abc"
+/* Returns true if "abc"
    is found anywhere in $string. */
 
 ereg ("^abc", $string);
-/* Returns true if "abc";
+/* Returns true if "abc"
    is found at the beginning of $string. */
 
 ereg ("abc$", $string);
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ $string = ereg_replace ("^", "<br />", $string);
 /* Put a <br /> tag at the beginning of $string. */
  
 $string = ereg_replace ("$", "<br />", $string); 
-/* Put a <br />; tag at the end of $string. */
+/* Put a <br /> tag at the end of $string. */
 
 $string = ereg_replace ("\n", "", $string);
 /* Get rid of any newline