diff --git a/reference/session/functions/session-cache-expire.xml b/reference/session/functions/session-cache-expire.xml
index 17518dc9ed..5e8f6fcab5 100644
--- a/reference/session/functions/session-cache-expire.xml
+++ b/reference/session/functions/session-cache-expire.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/session.xml, last change in rev 1.38 -->
   <refentry id='function.session-cache-expire'>
    <refnamediv>
@@ -13,9 +13,14 @@
       <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>new_cache_expire</parameter></methodparam>
      </methodsynopsis>
     <para>
-     <function>session_cache_expire</function> returns current cache expire.
-     If <parameter>new_cache_expire</parameter> is given, the current
-     cache expire is replaced with <parameter>new_cache_expire</parameter>.
+     <function>session_cache_expire</function> returns the current setting of
+     <link linkend="ini.session.cache-expire">session.cache_expire</link>
+     from &php.ini;. If <parameter>new_cache_expire</parameter> is given, the
+     current cache expire is replaced with <parameter>new_cache_expire</parameter>.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     See also the <link linkend="ini.session.cache-expire">session.cache_expire</link>
+     configuration directive.
     </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>