diff --git a/reference/mysqli/mysqli/query.xml b/reference/mysqli/mysqli/query.xml
index a19de2d3dd..efa14a73e7 100644
--- a/reference/mysqli/mysqli/query.xml
+++ b/reference/mysqli/mysqli/query.xml
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@
Performs a query against the database.
- Functionally, using this function is identical to calling
- mysqli_real_query followed either by
+ For non-DML queries (not INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE),
+ this function is similar to calling
+ mysqli_real_query followed by either
mysqli_use_result or
mysqli_store_result.