diff --git a/reference/openssl/functions/openssl-verify.xml b/reference/openssl/functions/openssl-verify.xml
index 56b0b6f10294..0ff3214c548c 100644
--- a/reference/openssl/functions/openssl-verify.xml
+++ b/reference/openssl/functions/openssl-verify.xml
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ $pubkeyid = openssl_pkey_get_public("file://src/openssl-0.9.6/demos/sign/cert.pe
 
 // state whether signature is okay or not
 $ok = openssl_verify($data, $signature, $pubkeyid);
-if ($ok == 1) {
+if ($ok === 1) {
     echo "good";
-} elseif ($ok == 0) {
+} elseif ($ok === 0) {
     echo "bad";
 } else {
     echo "ugly, error checking signature";
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ openssl_sign($data, $signature, $private_key_res, "sha256WithRSAEncryption");
 
 //verify signature
 $ok = openssl_verify($data, $signature, $public_key_res, OPENSSL_ALGO_SHA256);
-if ($ok == 1) {
+if ($ok === 1) {
     echo "valid";
-} elseif ($ok == 0) {
+} elseif ($ok === 0) {
     echo "invalid";
 } else {
     echo "error: ".openssl_error_string();