diff --git a/reference/regex/functions/ereg.xml b/reference/regex/functions/ereg.xml
index 4a0bb06a66..7f91bdca04 100644
--- a/reference/regex/functions/ereg.xml
+++ b/reference/regex/functions/ereg.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/regex.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.ereg">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
-     <type>bool</type><methodname>ereg</methodname>
+     <type>mixed</type><methodname>ereg</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>pattern</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>string</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>array</type><parameter>&amp;regs</parameter></methodparam>
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
      </simpara>
     </note>    
     <simpara>
-     Returns &true; if a match for <parameter>pattern</parameter> was
+     Returns the length of the matched string if a match for <parameter>pattern</parameter> was
      found in <parameter>string</parameter>, or &false; if no matches
      were found or an error occurred.
     </simpara>