diff --git a/reference/tidy/tidynode.xml b/reference/tidy/tidynode.xml
index fa99335471..c17029a192 100644
--- a/reference/tidy/tidynode.xml
+++ b/reference/tidy/tidynode.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@
 
 <!-- {{{ Synopsis -->
    <classsynopsis>
-    <ooclass><classname>tidyNode</classname></ooclass>
+    <ooclass>
+     <modifier>final</modifier>
+     <classname>tidyNode</classname>
+    </ooclass>
 
 <!-- {{{ Class synopsis -->
     <classsynopsisinfo>
@@ -41,8 +44,13 @@
     <fieldsynopsis><type>array</type><varname linkend="tidynode.props.child">child</varname></fieldsynopsis>
     
     <classsynopsisinfo role="comment">&Methods;</classsynopsisinfo>
-    <xi:include xpointer="xmlns(db=http://docbook.org/ns/docbook) xpointer(id('class.tidynode')/db:refentry/db:refsect1[@role='description']/descendant::db:methodsynopsis[1])" />
-    
+    <xi:include xpointer="xmlns(db=http://docbook.org/ns/docbook) xpointer(id('class.tidynode')/db:refentry/db:refsect1[@role='description']/descendant::db:constructorsynopsis[not(@role='procedural')])">
+     <xi:fallback />
+    </xi:include>
+    <xi:include xpointer="xmlns(db=http://docbook.org/ns/docbook) xpointer(id('class.tidynode')/db:refentry/db:refsect1[@role='description']/descendant::db:methodsynopsis[1])">
+     <xi:fallback />
+    </xi:include>
+
    </classsynopsis>
 <!-- }}} -->
 
diff --git a/reference/tidy/tidynode/construct.xml b/reference/tidy/tidynode/construct.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7cc87b1fa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reference/tidy/tidynode/construct.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- $Revision$ -->
+
+<refentry xml:id="tidynode.construct" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+ <refnamediv>
+  <refname>tidyNode::__construct</refname>
+  <refpurpose>Private constructor to disallow direct instantiation</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsect1 role="description">
+  &reftitle.description;
+  <constructorsynopsis>
+   <modifier>private</modifier> <methodname>tidyNode::__construct</methodname>
+   <void />
+  </constructorsynopsis>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="parameters">
+  &reftitle.parameters;
+  &no.function.parameters;
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>
+
+<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
+Local variables:
+mode: sgml
+sgml-omittag:t
+sgml-shorttag:t
+sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
+sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
+sgml-indent-step:1
+sgml-indent-data:t
+indent-tabs-mode:nil
+sgml-parent-document:nil
+sgml-default-dtd-file:"~/.phpdoc/manual.ced"
+sgml-exposed-tags:nil
+sgml-local-catalogs:nil
+sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
+End:
+vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
+vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
+vi: ts=1 sw=1
+-->
diff --git a/reference/tidy/versions.xml b/reference/tidy/versions.xml
index 510a3b3dcc..1d1811011c 100644
--- a/reference/tidy/versions.xml
+++ b/reference/tidy/versions.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
  <function name="tidy_warning_count" from="PHP 5, PHP 7, PECL tidy &gt;= 0.5.2"/>
 
  <function name="tidynode" from="PHP 5, PHP 7"/>
+ <function name="tidynode::__construct" from="PHP 5, PHP 7"/>
  <function name="tidynode::getparent" from="PHP 5 &gt;= 5.2.2, PHP 7"/>
  <function name="tidynode::haschildren" from="PHP 5, PHP 7"/>
  <function name="tidynode::hassiblings" from="PHP 5, PHP 7"/>