diff --git a/reference/intl/dateformatter/localtime.xml b/reference/intl/dateformatter/localtime.xml
index 35d848dced..cf854928b0 100644
--- a/reference/intl/dateformatter/localtime.xml
+++ b/reference/intl/dateformatter/localtime.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="intldateformatter.localtime" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>IntlDateFormatter::localtime</refname>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
    <methodsynopsis>
    <type>array</type><methodname>IntlDateFormatter::localtime</methodname>
    <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>value</parameter></methodparam>
-   <methodparam><type>integer</type><parameter>parse_pos</parameter></methodparam>
+   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>integer</type><parameter role="reference">position</param>
    </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
 	Procedural style
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
    <type>array</type><methodname>datefmt_localtime</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>IntlDateFormatter</type><parameter>fmt</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>value</parameter></methodparam>
-  <methodparam><type>integer</type><parameter>parse_pos</parameter></methodparam>
+  <methodparam choice="opt"><type>integer</type><parameter role="reference">position</param>
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
    Converts string $value to a field-based time value ( an array of various fields), starting at
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ $parse_pos and consuming as much of the input value as possible.
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     <varlistentry>
-     <term><parameter>parse_pos</parameter></term>
+     <term><parameter>position</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
 	Position at which to start the parsing in $value (zero-based).
diff --git a/reference/intl/dateformatter/parse.xml b/reference/intl/dateformatter/parse.xml
index b1d4a2a5c4..ebd817cac9 100644
--- a/reference/intl/dateformatter/parse.xml
+++ b/reference/intl/dateformatter/parse.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="intldateformatter.parse" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>IntlDateFormatter::parse</refname>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
    <methodsynopsis>
    <type>integer</type><methodname>IntlDateFormatter::parse</methodname>
    <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>value</parameter></methodparam>
-   <methodparam><type>integer</type><parameter>parse_pos</parameter></methodparam>
+   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>integer</type><parameter role="reference">position</param>
    </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
 	Procedural style
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
    <type>integer</type><methodname>datefmt_parse</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>IntlDateFormatter</type><parameter>fmt</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>value</parameter></methodparam>
-  <methodparam><type>integer</type><parameter>parse_pos</parameter></methodparam>
+  <methodparam choice="opt"><type>integer</type><parameter role="reference">position</param>
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
    Converts string $value to an incremental time value, starting at 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     <varlistentry>
-     <term><parameter>parse_pos</parameter></term>
+     <term><parameter>position</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
 	  Position at which to start the parsing in $value (zero-based).