diff --git a/language/control-structures/include.xml b/language/control-structures/include.xml
index 2ff3d3cc2b..8ac7f84ec9 100644
--- a/language/control-structures/include.xml
+++ b/language/control-structures/include.xml
@@ -181,16 +181,19 @@ include 'file.php';  // Works.
   information.
  </para>
  <simpara>
-  Handling Returns: It is possible to execute a <function>return</function>
-  statement inside an included file in order to terminate processing in that
-  file and return to the script which called it.  Also, it's possible to return
-  values from included files.  You can take the value of the include call as
-  you would for a normal function.  This is not, however, possible when including
-  remote files unless the output of the remote file has
-  <link linkend="language.basic-syntax.phpmode">valid PHP start
-  and end tags</link> (as with any local file).  You can declare the needed
-  variables within those tags and they will be introduced at whichever point
-  the file was included.
+  Handling Returns: <literal>include</literal> always returns
+  <literal>FALSE</literal> on failure. Unless overridden by the included file,
+  <literal>include</literal> returns <literal>1</literal> if the include was
+  successful. It is possible to execute a <function>return</function>
+  statement inside an included file in order to terminate processing in
+  that file and return to the script which called it.  Also, it's possible
+  to return values from included files. You can take the value of the
+  include call as you would for a normal function.  This is not, however,
+  possible when including remote files unless the output of the remote
+  file has <link linkend= "language.basic-syntax.phpmode">valid PHP start
+  and end tags</link> (as with any local file).  You can declare the
+  needed variables within those tags and they will be introduced at
+  whichever point the file was included.
  </simpara>
  <para>
   Because <literal>include</literal> is a special language construct,