diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/ftp.rst b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/ftp.rst
index 20b11a5..05a3fdc 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/ftp.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/ftp.rst
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 In this example a connection is opened to the FTP server, and a local
 file is read and uploaded in ASCII mode. The file permissions are set to
-755. Note: Setting permissions requires PHP 5.
+755.
 
 ::
 
@@ -136,8 +136,7 @@
 **Mode options are:** ascii, binary, and auto (the default). If auto is
 used it will base the mode on the file extension of the source file.
 
-Permissions are available if you are running PHP 5 and can be passed as
-an octal value in the fourth parameter.
+If set, permissions have to be passed as an octal value.
 
 $this->ftp->download()
 ======================