diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/mkdir.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/mkdir.xml
index 358420f196..91b8b6dd23 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/mkdir.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/mkdir.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/filesystem.xml, last change in rev 1.39 -->
   <refentry id="function.mkdir">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -21,12 +21,17 @@
      octal number, which means it should have a leading zero.
      The mode is also modified by the current umask, which you
      can change using <function>umask</function>.
-     
-     Mode is ignored on Windows.
-
-     Please note also that mode is optional and that
-     it is by default '0777' (read, write and execution for EVERY
-     access). If you need more informations about mode under 
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Mode is ignored on Windows, and became optional in PHP 4.2.0.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     The mode is 0777 by default, which means the widest possible
+     access. If you need more information about mode under 
      UNIX systems, please read 'man 1 chmod' and 'man 2 chmod'.
      <informalexample>
       <programlisting role="php">