diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/fclose.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/fclose.xml
index b5725c2588..24b334f11a 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/fclose.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/fclose.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/filesystem.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.fclose">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -22,7 +22,23 @@
      The file pointer must be valid, and must point to a file
      successfully opened by <function>fopen</function> or
      <function>fsockopen</function>.
-    </para> 
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     <example>
+      <title>A simple <function>fclose</function> example</title>
+      <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+
+  $fp = fopen('somefile.txt', 'r');
+  
+  fclose($fp);
+  
+?>
+]]>
+      </programlisting>
+     </example>
+    </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>