diff --git a/reference/session/configure.xml b/reference/session/configure.xml
index 6b3dd99d3b..2fa03b93c8 100644
--- a/reference/session/configure.xml
+++ b/reference/session/configure.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
 <section id="session.installation">
  &reftitle.install;
  <para>
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@
   storage configure PHP <option role="configure">--with-mm[=DIR] </option>.
  </para>
  &windows.builtin;
+ <note>
+  <para>
+   By default, all data related to a particular session will be stored in
+   a file in the directory specified by the session.save_path INI option.
+   A file for each session (regardless of if any data is associated with
+   that session) will be created. If you would like to use another medium
+   to store session data, see the "Custom Session Handlers" section below.
+  </para>
+ </note> 
 </section>
 
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