diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/substr.xml b/reference/strings/functions/substr.xml
index df8d364bbe..5716559d79 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/substr.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/substr.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.16 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.17 $ -->
 <refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.substr">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>substr</refname>
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ echo substr('abcdef', 0, 8);  // abcdef
 echo substr('abcdef', -1, 1); // f
 
 // Accessing single characters in a string
-// can also be achieved using "curly braces"
+// can also be achieved using "square brackets"
 $string = 'abcdef';
-echo $string{0};                 // a
-echo $string{3};                 // d
-echo $string{strlen($string)-1}; // f
+echo $string[0];                 // a
+echo $string[3];                 // d
+echo $string[strlen($string)-1]; // f
 
 ?>
 ]]>