diff --git a/language/oop5/patterns.xml b/language/oop5/patterns.xml
index a8fd63ff85..0f048ca882 100644
--- a/language/oop5/patterns.xml
+++ b/language/oop5/patterns.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
 <sect1 id="language.oop5.patterns">
  <title>Patterns</title>
  <para>
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ $test = Example::singleton();
 $test->bark();
 
 // This will issue an E_USER_ERROR.
-$test_clone = clone($test);
+$test_clone = clone $test;
 
 ?>
 ]]>