That's slightly more accurate

diff --git a/ext/standard/exec.c b/ext/standard/exec.c
index 80e247e11bbb39bf586099d846cc07357cbdb01b..45494432f5c0aef90ae29cbaecff5e01ea691622 100644 (file)
--- a/ext/standard/exec.c
+++ b/ext/standard/exec.c
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(escapeshellarg)
 /* }}} */
 
 /* {{{ proto string shell_exec(string cmd)
-   Use pclose() for FILE* that has been opened via popen() */
+   Execute command via shell and return complete output as string */
 PHP_FUNCTION(shell_exec)
 {
        FILE *in;