diff --git a/reference/sockets/functions/socket-strerror.xml b/reference/sockets/functions/socket-strerror.xml
index df9d284b03..f8bfca6c52 100644
--- a/reference/sockets/functions/socket-strerror.xml
+++ b/reference/sockets/functions/socket-strerror.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/sockets.xml, last change in rev 1.8 -->
   <refentry id="function.socket-strerror">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
       <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-if (false == ($socket = @socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0))) {
+if (false == ($socket = @socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP))) {
    echo "socket_create() failed: reason: " . socket_strerror(socket_last_error()) . "\n";
 } 
 
diff --git a/reference/sockets/reference.xml b/reference/sockets/reference.xml
index b39825d4d3..feade404d3 100644
--- a/reference/sockets/reference.xml
+++ b/reference/sockets/reference.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.14 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.15 $ -->
  <reference id="ref.sockets">
   <title>Socket functions</title>
   <titleabbrev>Sockets</titleabbrev>
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ ob_implicit_flush();
 $address = '192.168.1.53';
 $port = 10000;
 
-if (($sock = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) {
+if (($sock = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP)) < 0) {
     echo "socket_create() failed: reason: " . socket_strerror($sock) . "\n";
 }
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ $service_port = getservbyname('www', 'tcp');
 $address = gethostbyname('www.example.com');
 
 /* Create a TCP/IP socket. */
-$socket = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+$socket = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP);
 if ($socket < 0) {
     echo "socket_create() failed: reason: " . socket_strerror($socket) . "\n";
 } else {