diff --git a/php.html.markdown b/php.html.markdown
index 76530826..b658b6e2 100644
--- a/php.html.markdown
+++ b/php.html.markdown
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ print 'Hello World!'; // So is print
$paragraph = 'paragraph';
-echo 100;
-echo $paragraph;
+echo 100; // Echo scalar variables directly
+echo $paragraph; // or variables
// If short open tags are configured, or your PHP version is
// 5.4.0 or greater, you can use the short echo syntax