diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/str-ireplace.xml b/reference/strings/functions/str-ireplace.xml
index 6cd1d34ac1..4b5a62ba73 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/str-ireplace.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/str-ireplace.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/strings.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.str-ireplace">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
       <methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>search</parameter></methodparam>
       <methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>replace</parameter></methodparam>
       <methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>subject</parameter></methodparam>
+      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>&amp;count</parameter></methodparam>
      </methodsynopsis>
     <para>
      This function returns a string or an array with all occurences of
@@ -56,6 +57,13 @@ $bodytag = str_replace("%body%", "black", "<body text=%BODY%>");
     <para>
      This function is binary safe.
     </para>
+    <note>
+     <simpara>
+      As of <literal>PHP 5.0</literal> the number of matched and replaced
+      <parameter>needle</parameter>s will be returned in
+      <parameter>count</parameter> which is passed by reference.
+     </simpara>
+    </note>
     <para>
      See also: 
      <function>str_replace</function>,
diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/str-replace.xml b/reference/strings/functions/str-replace.xml
index ce94427994..b7c395cef0 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/str-replace.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/str-replace.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/strings.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.str-replace">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
       <methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>search</parameter></methodparam>
       <methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>replace</parameter></methodparam>
       <methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>subject</parameter></methodparam>
+      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>&amp;count</parameter></methodparam>
      </methodsynopsis>
     <para>
      This function returns a string or an array with all occurences of
@@ -66,6 +67,13 @@ $bodytag = str_replace("%body%", "black", "<body text=%body%>");
       buggy up until PHP 3.0.8.
      </para>
     </note>
+    <note>
+     <simpara>
+      As of <literal>PHP 5.0</literal> the number of matched and replaced
+      <parameter>needle</parameter>s will be returned in
+      <parameter>count</parameter> which is passed by reference.
+     </simpara>
+    </note>
     <para>
      See also 
      <function>str_ireplace</function>,
