diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/pathinfo.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/pathinfo.xml
index f8bdcb396c..e9779d62f5 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/pathinfo.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/pathinfo.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/filesystem.xml, last change in rev 1.61 -->
   <refentry id="function.pathinfo">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
      <constant>PATHINFO_DIRNAME</constant>,
      <constant>PATHINFO_BASENAME</constant> and
      <constant>PATHINFO_EXTENSION</constant>. It defaults to return all
-     elements.
+     elements. This function returns string if not all elements are requested.
     </para>
     <para>
      <example>