diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/file.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/file.xml
index 20dbdc5e14..e082df1f4a 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/file.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/file.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.28 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.29 $ -->
 <refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.file">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>file</refname>
@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@
           <simpara>
            The content is returned in UTF-8 encoding. You can specify a different
            encoding by creating a custom context. This flag cannot be used with 
-           <constant>FILE_BINARY</constant>. This flag is only available since 
-           PHP 6.
+           <constant>FILE_BINARY</constant>.
           </simpara>
          </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
@@ -96,8 +95,7 @@
          <listitem>
           <simpara>
            The content is read as binary data. This is the default setting 
-           and cannot be used with <constant>FILE_TEXT</constant>. This flag is 
-           only available since PHP 6.
+           and cannot be used with <constant>FILE_TEXT</constant>.
           </simpara>
          </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
@@ -156,6 +154,12 @@
        <entry>
         Added support for the <constant>FILE_TEXT</constant> and 
         <constant>FILE_BINARY</constant> flags.
+        <note>
+         <para>
+          For <literal>forward compatibility</literal>, these constants are
+          available as of PHP 5.2.7
+         </para>
+        </note>
        </entry>
       </row>
       <row>