diff --git a/reference/sockets/functions/socket-accept.xml b/reference/sockets/functions/socket-accept.xml
index 438fedf91d..7945b3acc9 100644
--- a/reference/sockets/functions/socket-accept.xml
+++ b/reference/sockets/functions/socket-accept.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/sockets.xml, last change in rev 1.1 -->
   <refentry id="function.socket-accept">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -9,36 +9,36 @@
    <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
      <methodsynopsis>
-      <type>int</type><methodname>socket_accept</methodname>
+      <type>resource</type><methodname>socket_accept</methodname>
       <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>socket</parameter></methodparam>
      </methodsynopsis>
-	&warn.experimental.func;
+    &warn.experimental.func;
     <para>
      After the socket <parameter>socket</parameter> has been created
      using <function>socket_create</function>, bound to a name with
      <function>socket_bind</function>, and told to listen for connections
      with <function>socket_listen</function>, this function will accept
      incoming connections on that socket. Once a successful connection
-     is made, a new socket descriptor is returned, which may be used
+     is made, a new socket resource is returned, which may be used
      for communication. If there are multiple connections queued on
      the socket, the first will be used. If there are no pending
      connections, <function>socket_accept</function> will block until
      a connection becomes present. If <parameter>socket</parameter>
      has been made non-blocking using
      <function>socket_set_blocking</function> or
-     <function>socket_set_nonblock</function>, an error code will be
-     returned.
+     <function>socket_set_nonblock</function>, &false; will be returned.
     </para>
     <para>
-     The socket descriptor returned by
+     The socket resource returned by
      <function>socket_accept</function> may not be used to accept new
      connections. The original listening socket
      <parameter>socket</parameter>, however, remains open and may be
      reused.
     </para>
     <para>
-     Returns a new socket descriptor on success, or a negative error
-     code on failure. This code may be passed to
+     Returns a new socket resource on success, or &false; on error. The actual
+     error code can be retrieved by calling
+     <function>socket_last_error</function>. This error code may be passed to
      <function>socket_strerror</function> to get a textual explanation of the
      error.
     </para>
diff --git a/reference/sockets/functions/socket-create.xml b/reference/sockets/functions/socket-create.xml
index 55fe13569e..b2826dc869 100644
--- a/reference/sockets/functions/socket-create.xml
+++ b/reference/sockets/functions/socket-create.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/sockets.xml, last change in rev 1.4 -->
   <refentry id="function.socket-create">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -16,13 +16,17 @@
      </methodsynopsis>
      &warn.experimental.func;
     <para>
-     Creates a communication endpoint (a socket), and returns a
-     descriptor to the socket.
+     Creates a communication endpoint (a socket), and returns a socket
+     resource.
     </para>
     <para>
-     The <parameter>domain</parameter> parameter sets the
-     domain. Currently, <constant>AF_INET</constant> and
-     <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> are understood.
+     The <parameter>domain</parameter> parameter sets the domain (protocol
+     family) to be used for communication. Currently,
+     <constant>AF_INET</constant> and <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> are
+     understood. <constant>AF_INET</constant> is typical used for internet
+     based communication. <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> uses pathnames to
+     identify sockets and can therefore only be used for local communication
+     (which is faster, on the other hand).
     </para>
     <para>
      The <parameter>type</parameter> parameter selects the socket
@@ -30,14 +34,20 @@
      <constant>SOCK_DGRAM</constant>,
      <constant>SOCK_SEQPACKET</constant>,
      <constant>SOCK_RAW</constant>, <constant>SOCK_RDM</constant>, or
-     <constant>SOCK_PACKET</constant>.
+     <constant>SOCK_PACKET</constant>. The two most common types are
+     <constant>SOCK_DGRAM</constant> for <literal>UDP</literal>
+     (connectionless) communication
+     and <constant>SOCK_STREAM</constant> for <literal>TCP</literal>
+     communication.
     </para>
     <para>
-     <parameter>protocol</parameter> sets the protocol.
+     <parameter>protocol</parameter> sets the protocol which is either
+     <constant>SOL_UDP</constant> or <constant>SOL_TCP</constant>.
     </para>
     <para>
-     Returns a valid socket descriptor on success, or a negative error
-     code on failure. This code may be passed to
+     Returns a socket resource on success, or &false; on error. The actual
+     error code can be retrieved by calling
+     <function>socket_last_error</function>. This error code may be passed to
      <function>socket_strerror</function> to get a textual explanation of the
      error.
     </para>
@@ -46,12 +56,22 @@
      as well as on the meanings of the various parameters, see the
      Unix man page socket (2).
     </para>
+    <note>
+     <para>
+      If an invalid <parameter>domain</parameter> or
+      <parameter>type</parameter> is given, <function>socket_create</function>
+      defaults to <constant>AF_INET</constant> and
+      <constant>SOCK_STREAM</constant> respectively and additionally emits an
+      <constant>E_WARNING</constant> message.
+     </para>
+    </note>
     <para>
      See also 
      <function>socket_accept</function>,
      <function>socket_bind</function>,
      <function>socket_connect</function>,
-     <function>socket_listen</function>, and
+     <function>socket_listen</function>,
+     <function>socket_last_error</function>, and
      <function>socket_strerror</function>.
     </para>
    </refsect1>