diff --git a/reference/image/functions/imageellipse.xml b/reference/image/functions/imageellipse.xml
index 4637d318b9..cd50c890e2 100644
--- a/reference/image/functions/imageellipse.xml
+++ b/reference/image/functions/imageellipse.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.13 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.14 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="function.imageellipse" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>imageellipse</refname>
@@ -84,19 +84,22 @@
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
 
-// create a blank image
+// Create a blank image.
 $image = imagecreatetruecolor(400, 300);
 
-// fill the background color
+// Select the background color.
 $bg = imagecolorallocate($image, 0, 0, 0);
 
-// choose a color for the ellipse
+// Fill the background with the color selected above.
+imagefill($image, 0, 0, $bg);
+
+// Choose a color for the ellipse.
 $col_ellipse = imagecolorallocate($image, 255, 255, 255);
 
-// draw the ellipse
+// Draw the ellipse.
 imageellipse($image, 200, 150, 300, 200, $col_ellipse);
 
-// output the picture
+// Output the image.
 header("Content-type: image/png");
 imagepng($image);