diff --git a/PURL-TYPES.rst b/PURL-TYPES.rst
index b245c4d..4bf4f00 100644
--- a/PURL-TYPES.rst
+++ b/PURL-TYPES.rst
@@ -471,16 +471,17 @@ including container images built by Docker and others:
       pkg:oci/static@sha256%3A244fd47e07d10?repository_url=gcr.io/distroless/static&tag=latest
       pkg:oci/hello-wasm@sha256%3A244fd47e07d10?tag=v1
 
-pecl
+pear
 ----
-``pecl`` for PECL PHP packages:
+``pear`` for PEAR and PECL PHP packages:
 
-- The default repository is ``https://pecl.php.net/``.
-- The ``namespace`` is empty.
+- The default repository for PEAR is ``https://pear.php.net``. The default repository fo PECL is ``https://pecl.php.net/``.
+- The ``namespace`` is the channel of the package.
 - The ``name`` is not case sensitive
 - Examples:
 
-      pkg:pecl/APCu@5.1.23
+      pkg:/pear/pear.php.net/Text_Password@1.2.1
+      pkg:/pear/pecl.php.net/APCu@5.1.23
 
 pub
 ----
@@ -599,7 +600,6 @@ Other candidate types to define:
 - ``openwrt`` for OpenWRT packages:
 - ``osgi`` for OSGi bundle packages:
 - ``p2`` for Eclipse p2 packages:
-- ``pear`` for Pear PHP packages:
 - ``perl6`` for Perl 6 module packages:
 - ``platformio`` for PlatformIO packages:
 - ``ebuild`` for Gentoo Linux portage packages: