diff --git a/features/commandline.xml b/features/commandline.xml
index 35f946f762..9c69e227c0 100644
--- a/features/commandline.xml
+++ b/features/commandline.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.32 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.33 $ -->
 <chapter id="features.commandline">
  <title>Using PHP from the command line</title>
  <!-- NEW DOCUMENTATION STARTS -->
@@ -230,6 +230,16 @@
 
 $stdin = fopen('php://stdin', 'r');
 
+?>
+]]>
+         </programlisting>
+         If you want to read single line from <literal>stdin</literal>, you can
+         use
+         <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+$line = trim(fgets(STDIN)); // reads one line from STDIN
+fscanf(STDIN, "%d\n", $number); // reads number from STDIN
 ?>
 ]]>
          </programlisting>