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diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst
index dbf1e8a63..fa50c6dcf 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst
@@ -327,15 +327,15 @@ can also prep your data in various ways. For example, you can set up
rules like this::
$this->form_validation->set_rules('username', 'Username', 'trim|required|min_length[5]|max_length[12]');
- $this->form_validation->set_rules('password', 'Password', 'trim|required|md5');
+ $this->form_validation->set_rules('password', 'Password', 'trim|required|min_length[8]');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('passconf', 'Password Confirmation', 'trim|required|matches[password]');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'Email', 'trim|required|valid_email');
In the above example, we are "trimming" the fields, checking for length
-where necessary and converting the password to MD5.
+where necessary and making sure that both password fields match.
**Any native PHP function that accepts one parameter can be used as a
-rule, like htmlspecialchars, trim, md5, etc.**
+rule, like ``htmlspecialchars()``, ``trim()``, etc.**
.. note:: You will generally want to use the prepping functions
**after** the validation rules so if there is an error, the