diff --git a/reference/session/functions/session-unset.xml b/reference/session/functions/session-unset.xml
index f547691d62..feebcd8973 100644
--- a/reference/session/functions/session-unset.xml
+++ b/reference/session/functions/session-unset.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/session.xml, last change in rev 1.8 -->
   <refentry id="function.session-unset">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
      <para>
       If <varname>$_SESSION</varname> (or
       <varname>$HTTP_SESSION_VARS</varname> for PHP 4.0.6 or less) is
-      used, use $_SESSION = array(); to unregister a session variable.
+      used, use <function>unset</function> to unregister a session
+      variable, i.e. <literal>unset ($_SESSION['varname'])</literal>;
      </para>
     </note>
     <para>