diff --git a/language/oop.xml b/language/oop.xml
index 2bfb9cbe9a..95be94372b 100644
--- a/language/oop.xml
+++ b/language/oop.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.35 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.36 $ -->
  <chapter id="language.oop">
   <title>Classes and Objects</title>
 
@@ -344,6 +344,12 @@ $different_cart = new Constructor_Cart("20", 17);
     </programlisting>
    </informalexample>
 
+   <para>
+    You also can use the <literal>@</literal> operator to
+    <emphasis>mute</emphasis> errors occuring in the constructor, e.g.
+    <literal>@new</literal>.
+   </para>
+
    <caution>
     <simpara>
      In PHP 3, derived classes and constructors have a number of
diff --git a/language/references.xml b/language/references.xml
index 54eb30a36b..d42e8631a3 100644
--- a/language/references.xml
+++ b/language/references.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.22 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.23 $ -->
  <chapter id="language.references">
   <title>References Explained</title>
 
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ $foo =& find_var ($bar);
      what is desired. Usually you want to have a single instance to work with,
      due to performance and memory consumption issues.
      </para>
+     <para>
+      While you can use the <literal>@</literal> operator to
+      <emphasis>mute</emphasis> any errors in the constructor when using it as
+      <literal>@new</literal>, this does not work when using the
+      <literal>&amp;new</literal> statement. This is a limitation of the Zend
+      Engine and will therefore result in a parser error.
+     </para>
    </note>
    <para>
     The second thing references do is to pass variables