diff --git a/reference/intl/dateformatter/localtime.xml b/reference/intl/dateformatter/localtime.xml
index 8260e20578d5..ae7fac60e2f9 100644
--- a/reference/intl/dateformatter/localtime.xml
+++ b/reference/intl/dateformatter/localtime.xml
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter role="reference">offset</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
-   Converts string $value to a field-based time value ( an array of various fields), starting at
-$parse_pos and consuming as much of the input value as possible.
+   Converts string $string to a field-based time value (an array of various fields), starting at
+   $offset and consuming as much of the input value as possible.
   </para>
   </refsect1>
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ $parse_pos and consuming as much of the input value as possible.
      <term><parameter>formatter</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       The formatter resource
+       The formatter resource.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ $parse_pos and consuming as much of the input value as possible.
      <term><parameter>string</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       string to convert to a time
+       String to convert to a time.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ $parse_pos and consuming as much of the input value as possible.
      <term><parameter>offset</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       Position at which to start the parsing in $value (zero-based).
-       If no error occurs before $value is consumed, $parse_pos will contain -1
-       otherwise it will contain the position at which parsing ended .
-       If $parse_pos &gt; strlen($value), the parse fails immediately.
+       Position at which to start the parsing in $string (zero-based).
+       If no error occurs before $string is consumed, $offset will contain -1
+       otherwise it will contain the position at which parsing ended.
+       If $offset &gt; strlen($string), the parse fails immediately.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ $parse_pos and consuming as much of the input value as possible.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
- 
  <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
   &reftitle.returnvalues;
   <para>
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ $parse_pos and consuming as much of the input value as possible.
    &return.falseforfailure;.
    </para>
  </refsect1>
- 
+
  <refsect1 role="examples">
   &reftitle.examples;
    <example>
@@ -90,7 +89,9 @@ $fmt = datefmt_create(
     'America/Los_Angeles',
     IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
 );
+
 $arr = datefmt_localtime($fmt, 'Wednesday, December 31, 1969 at 4:00:00 PM Pacific Standard Time', $offset);
+
 echo 'First parsed output is ';
 if ($arr) {
     foreach ($arr as $key => $value) {
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ if ($arr) {
     <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
+
 $fmt = new IntlDateFormatter(
     'en_US',
     IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
@@ -114,7 +116,9 @@ $fmt = new IntlDateFormatter(
     'America/Los_Angeles',
     IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
 );
+
 $arr = $fmt->localtime('Wednesday, December 31, 1969 at 4:00:00 PM Pacific Standard Time', $offset);
+
 echo 'First parsed output is ';
 if ($arr) {
     foreach ($arr as $key => $value) {