diff --git a/reference/pcre/functions/pcre.pattern.syntax.xml b/reference/pcre/functions/pcre.pattern.syntax.xml
index e46e1332e7..73fc521eb8 100644
--- a/reference/pcre/functions/pcre.pattern.syntax.xml
+++ b/reference/pcre/functions/pcre.pattern.syntax.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/pcre.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="pcre.pattern.syntax">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -1712,7 +1712,7 @@
      the  last  value  taken  on  at the top level. If additional
      parentheses are added, giving
 
-       <literal>\( <emphasis>(</emphasis> ( (?>[^()]+) | (?R) )* <emphasis>)</emphasis> \)</literal>
+       <literal>\( ( ( (?>[^()]+) | (?R) )* ) \)</literal>
      then the string they capture
      is "ab(cd)ef", the contents of the top level parentheses. If
      there are more than 15 capturing parentheses in  a  pattern,