diff --git a/reference/funchand/functions/func-get-args.xml b/reference/funchand/functions/func-get-args.xml
index 64b3384f9a..9ea49ac5e7 100644
--- a/reference/funchand/functions/func-get-args.xml
+++ b/reference/funchand/functions/func-get-args.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/funchand.xml, last change in rev 1.1 -->
   <refentry id="function.func-get-args">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
       <void/>
      </methodsynopsis>
     <simpara>
-     Returns an array in which each element is the corresponding
+     Returns an array in which each element is a copy of the corresponding
      member of the current user-defined function's argument
      list. <function>func_get_args</function> will generate a warning
      if called from outside of a function definition.
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
     </simpara>
     <note>
      <simpara>
-      This function returns passed arguments only, and does not account for
-      default (non-passed) arguments.
+      This function returns a copy of the passed arguments only, and does not
+      account for default (non-passed) arguments.
      </simpara>
     </note>
     <para>