diff --git a/reference/ibase/functions/ibase-wait-event.xml b/reference/ibase/functions/ibase-wait-event.xml
index 9ae33d19e4..ce8e5331e5 100644
--- a/reference/ibase/functions/ibase-wait-event.xml
+++ b/reference/ibase/functions/ibase-wait-event.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
   <refentry id="function.ibase-wait-event">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>ibase_wait_event</refname>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>...</parameter></methodparam>
      </methodsynopsis>
     <para>
-     This functions suspends execution of the script until one of the specified events
+     This function suspends execution of the script until one of the specified events
      is posted by the database. The name of the event that was posted is returned. This
      function accepts up to 15 event arguments.
     </para>