diff --git a/reference/gender/book.xml b/reference/gender/book.xml
index d539bbb3d3..fd23e8933c 100644
--- a/reference/gender/book.xml
+++ b/reference/gender/book.xml
@@ -2,15 +2,13 @@
 <!-- $Revision$ -->
 
 <book xml:id="book.gender" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
- <title>Gender</title>
+ <title>Determine gender of firstnames</title>
  <titleabbrev>Gender</titleabbrev>
 
  <preface xml:id="intro.gender">
   &reftitle.intro;
   <para>
-   Gender PHP extension is a port of the gender.c program originally written
-   by Joerg Michael. The main purpose is to find out the gender of firstnames.
-   The actual database contains >40000 firstnames from 54 countries.
+   Gender PHP extension is a port of the gender.c program originally written by Joerg Michael. The main purpose is to find out the gender of firstnames. The current database contains >40000 firstnames from 54 countries.
   </para>
  </preface>
 
diff --git a/reference/gender/gender/construct.xml b/reference/gender/gender/construct.xml
index 2afe90d0ab..e116cd4c38 100644
--- a/reference/gender/gender/construct.xml
+++ b/reference/gender/gender/construct.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>dsn</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
-
+    Create a Gender object optionally connecting to an external name
+    dictionary. When no external database was given, compiled in data will be
+    used. 
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
diff --git a/reference/gender/setup.xml b/reference/gender/setup.xml
index 70dddbdd55..a707140e78 100644
--- a/reference/gender/setup.xml
+++ b/reference/gender/setup.xml
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 <chapter xml:id="gender.setup" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  &reftitle.setup;
 
- <section xml:id="gender.requirements">
+ <!--<section xml:id="gender.requirements">
   &reftitle.required;
   <para>
     This package has no external dependencies.
   </para>
- </section>
+ </section>-->
 
  <section xml:id="gender.installation">
   &reftitle.install;
@@ -21,14 +21,15 @@
    <link xlink:href="&url.pecl.package;gender">&url.pecl.package;gender</link>.
    </para>
    <para>
-     &pecl.windows.download;
+    <!--&pecl.windows.download;-->
+     A DLL for this PECL extension is available under <link xlink:href="http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/releases/gender/">http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/releases/gender/</link>.
    </para>
  </section>
 
- <section xml:id="gender.configuration">
+ <!--<section xml:id="gender.configuration">
   &reftitle.runtime;
   &no.config;
- </section>
+ </section>-->
 
  <!--<section xml:id="gender.resources">
   &reftitle.resources;