diff --git a/manual/docs/Connection management - Managing connections.php b/manual/docs/Connection management - Managing connections.php
index 1feedaa36..2588583c8 100644
--- a/manual/docs/Connection management - Managing connections.php	
+++ b/manual/docs/Connection management - Managing connections.php	
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ connection when no arguments have been speficied.
 
 \$conn2 = Doctrine_Manager::connection();
 
-// \$conn2 == \$conn
+// $conn2 == $conn
 ?>
 </code>
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ The current connection is the lastly opened connection.
 
 \$conn2 = \$manager->openConnection(new PDO('dsn2','username2','password2'), 'connection 2');
 
-\$manager->getCurrentConnection(); // \$conn2
+\$manager->getCurrentConnection(); // $conn2
 ?></code>
 
 
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ You can change the current connection by calling setCurrentConnection().
 <code type="php">
 \$manager->setCurrentConnection('connection 1');
 
-\$manager->getCurrentConnection(); // \$conn
-?>
+\$manager->getCurrentConnection(); // $conn
+
 </code>
 
 
@@ -76,5 +76,5 @@ special IteratorAggregate interface.
 foreach(\$manager as \$conn) {
 
 }
-?></code>
+</code>
 
diff --git a/manual/docs/Working with objects - Component overview - Record - Getting record state.php b/manual/docs/Working with objects - Component overview - Record - Getting record state.php
index c822c2d13..c4b7a1c9d 100644
--- a/manual/docs/Working with objects - Component overview - Record - Getting record state.php	
+++ b/manual/docs/Working with objects - Component overview - Record - Getting record state.php	
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@ Every record that is retrieved from database is persistent and every newly creat
 If a Doctrine_Record is retrieved from database but the only loaded property is its primary key, then this record
 has a state called proxy.
 
-
-
 Every transient and persistent Doctrine_Record is either clean or dirty. Doctrine_Record is clean when none of its properties are changed and
 dirty when atleast one of its properties has changed. 
 
 <code type="php">
-$state = $record->getState();
+$state = $record->state();
 
 switch($state):
     case Doctrine_Record::STATE_PROXY: