diff --git a/reference/gearman/gearmanworker/wait.xml b/reference/gearman/gearmanworker/wait.xml
index f3d2ad9ab5..e32f2dc2e4 100644
--- a/reference/gearman/gearmanworker/wait.xml
+++ b/reference/gearman/gearmanworker/wait.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
    Causes the worker to wait for activity from one of the Gearman job servers when operating
-   in non-blocking I/O mode.
+   in non-blocking I/O mode.  On failure, issues a <constant>E_WARNING</constant> with the last Gearman error
+   encountered.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
@@ -27,7 +28,67 @@
  <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
   &reftitle.returnvalues;
   <para>
-   A standard Gearman return value.
+   &return.success;
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="examples">
+  &reftitle.examples;
+  <para>
+   <example>
+    <title>Running worker in non-blocking mode</title>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+
+echo "Starting\n";
+
+# Create our worker object
+$worker= new GearmanWorker();
+
+# Make the worker non-blocking
+$worker->addOptions(GEARMAN_WORKER_NON_BLOCKING); 
+
+# Add the default server (localhost, port 4730)
+$worker->addServer(); 
+
+# Add our reverse function
+$worker->addFunction('reverse', 'reverse_fn');
+
+# Try to grab a job
+while (@$worker->work() ||
+       $worker->returnCode() == GEARMAN_IO_WAIT ||
+       $worker->returnCode() == GEARMAN_NO_JOBS)
+{
+  if ($worker->returnCode() == GEARMAN_SUCCESS)
+    continue;
+
+  echo "Waiting for next job...\n";
+  if (!@$worker->wait()) 
+  { 
+    if ($worker->returnCode() == GEARMAN_NO_ACTIVE_FDS) 
+    { 
+      # We are not connected to any servers, so wait a bit before 
+      # trying to reconnect. 
+      sleep(5); 
+      continue; 
+    } 
+    break; 
+  } 
+} 
+
+echo "Worker Error: " . $worker->error() . "\n";
+
+function reverse_fn($job)
+{
+  return strrev($job->workload());
+}
+
+
+?>
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+   </example>
   </para>
  </refsect1>