diff --git a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-field-type.xml b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-field-type.xml
index c6f1b8d77a..1dc64bdd21 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-field-type.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-field-type.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/mysql.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.mysql-field-type">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 ]]>
       </programlisting>
       <para>
-       The abouve example would produce the following output:
+       The above example would produce the following output:
       </para>
       <screen>
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