diff --git a/reference/array/functions/array-multisort.xml b/reference/array/functions/array-multisort.xml
index 0af7372b93..7e04cfeeba 100644
--- a/reference/array/functions/array-multisort.xml
+++ b/reference/array/functions/array-multisort.xml
@@ -295,6 +295,10 @@ foreach ($data as $key => $row) {
     $edition[$key] = $row['edition'];
 }
 
+// as of PHP 5.5.0 you can use array_column() instead of the above code
+$volume  = array_column($data, 'volume');
+$edition = array_column($data, 'edition');
+
 // Sort the data with volume descending, edition ascending
 // Add $data as the last parameter, to sort by the common key
 array_multisort($volume, SORT_DESC, $edition, SORT_ASC, $data);