diff --git a/manual/docs/Object relational mapping - Constraints and validators - Check.php b/manual/docs/Object relational mapping - Constraints and validators - Check.php
index 7e800fc4e..0d3e5a86c 100644
--- a/manual/docs/Object relational mapping - Constraints and validators - Check.php	
+++ b/manual/docs/Object relational mapping - Constraints and validators - Check.php	
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Doctrine provides the following simple check operators:
 > less than constraint ( < )
 * '''gte'''
 > greater than or equal to constraint ( >= )
-* '''lte''' 
+* '''lte'''
 > less than or equal to constraint ( <= )
 
 
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ class Product extends Doctrine_Record
 {
     public function setTableDefinition()
     {
-    	$this->hasColumn('id', 'integer', 4, 'primary');
-        $this->hasColumn('price', 'numeric', 200, array('gt' => 0);
+        $this->hasColumn('id', 'integer', 4, 'primary');
+        $this->hasColumn('price', 'decimal', 18, array('gt' => 0);
     }
 }
 </code>
diff --git a/manual/docs/Object relational mapping - Relations - Foreign key constraints - Introduction.php b/manual/docs/Object relational mapping - Relations - Foreign key constraints - Introduction.php
index 23d532511..f518eec91 100644
--- a/manual/docs/Object relational mapping - Relations - Foreign key constraints - Introduction.php	
+++ b/manual/docs/Object relational mapping - Relations - Foreign key constraints - Introduction.php	
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ A foreign key constraint specifies that the values in a column (or a group of co
 Say you have the product table with the following definition:
 
 <code type='php'>
-class Product extends Doctrine_Record 
+class Product extends Doctrine_Record
 {
-    public function setTableDefinition() 
+    public function setTableDefinition()
     {
         $this->hasColumn('id', 'integer', null, 'primary');
         $this->hasColumn('name', 'string');
-        $this->hasColumn('price', 'numeric');
+        $this->hasColumn('price', 'decimal', 18);
     }
 }
 </code>
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Let's also assume you have a table storing orders of those products. We want to
 <code type='php'>
 class Order extends Doctrine_Record
 {
-    public function setTableDefinition() 
+    public function setTableDefinition()
     {
         $this->hasColumn('order_id', 'integer', null, 'primary');
         $this->hasColumn('product_id', 'integer');
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ class Order extends Doctrine_Record
     public function setUp()
     {
         $this->hasOne('Product', 'Order.product_id');
-        
+
         // foreign key columns should *always* have indexes
-        
+
         $this->index('product_id', array('fields' => 'product_id'));
     }
 }
 </code>
 
-When exported the class 'Order' would execute the following sql: 
+When exported the class 'Order' would execute the following sql:
 
 CREATE TABLE orders (
     order_id integer PRIMARY KEY,
@@ -47,5 +47,4 @@ CREATE TABLE orders (
 
 Now it is impossible to create orders with product_no entries that do not appear in the products table.
 
-We say that in this situation the orders table is the referencing table and the products table is the referenced table. Similarly, there are referencing and referenced columns. 
-
+We say that in this situation the orders table is the referencing table and the products table is the referenced table. Similarly, there are referencing and referenced columns.