diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/mkdir.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/mkdir.xml
index 62e4f5c223..0941d3097c 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/mkdir.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/mkdir.xml
@@ -138,19 +138,17 @@ mkdir("/path/to/my/dir", 0700);
     <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-/* Desired folder structure */
+// Desired folder structure
 $structure = './depth1/depth2/depth3/';
 
-/* To create the nested structure, the $recursive parameter 
- * to mkdir() must be specified.
- */
+// To create the nested structure, the $recursive parameter 
+// to mkdir() must be specified.
 
-if(!mkdir($structure, 0, true))
-{
+if (!mkdir($structure, 0, true)) {
     die('Failed to create folders...');
 }
 
-/* ... */
+// ...
 ?>
 ]]>
     </programlisting>