diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/mkdir.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/mkdir.xml
index ec2e34f54e..9cbe924ecc 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: 1.13 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.14 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/filesystem.xml, last change in rev 1.39 -->
   <refentry id="function.mkdir">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
       <type>bool</type><methodname>mkdir</methodname>
       <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>pathname</parameter></methodparam>
       <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>mode</parameter></methodparam>
+      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>recursive</parameter></methodparam>
       <methodparam choice="opt"><type>resource</type><parameter>context</parameter></methodparam>
      </methodsynopsis>
     <para>
@@ -56,7 +57,8 @@ mkdir("/path/to/my/dir", 0700);
     </note>
     <note>
      <simpara>
-      The <parameter>context</parameter> parameter was added as of <literal>PHP 5.0.0</literal>.
+      The <parameter>recursive</parameter> and <parameter>context</parameter> parameters
+      were added as of <literal>PHP 5.0.0</literal>.
      </simpara>
     </note>
     &note.sm.uidcheck.dir;