diff --git a/user_guide/database/utilities.html b/user_guide/database/utilities.html
index cf42aae..fcfc249 100644
--- a/user_guide/database/utilities.html
+++ b/user_guide/database/utilities.html
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
'root' => 'root',<br />
'element' => 'element', <br />
'newline' => "\n", <br />
- ';tab' => "\t"<br />
+ 'tab' => "\t"<br />
);<br />
<br />
echo $this->dbutil->xml_from_result($query, $config);
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
<dfn>// Load the DB utility class</dfn><br />
$this->load->dbutil();<br /><br />
-<dfn>// Backup your entire database</dfn><br />
+<dfn>// Backup your entire database and assign it to a variable</dfn><br />
$backup =& $this->dbutil->backup();
<br /><br />