diff --git a/reference/imap/functions/imap-check.xml b/reference/imap/functions/imap-check.xml
index e13783af46..0347a4c5c8 100644
--- a/reference/imap/functions/imap-check.xml
+++ b/reference/imap/functions/imap-check.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/imap.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.imap-check">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
      <itemizedlist>
       <listitem>
        <simpara>
-        Date - last change of mailbox contents
+        Date - current system time formatted according to <ulink
+        url="&url.rfc;822">RFC822</ulink>
        </simpara>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
@@ -50,6 +51,41 @@
       </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
     </para>
+    <para>
+     <example>
+      <title><function>imap_check</function> example</title>
+      <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+
+$imap_obj = imap_check($imap_stream);
+var_dump($imap_obj);
+
+?>
+]]>
+      </programlisting>
+      <para>
+       this will output :
+      </para>
+      <screen>
+<![CDATA[
+object(stdClass)(5) {
+  ["Date"]=>
+  string(37) "Wed, 10 Dec 2003 17:56:54 +0100 (CET)"
+  ["Driver"]=>
+  string(4) "imap"
+  ["Mailbox"]=>
+  string(54)
+  "{www.example.com:143/imap/user="foo@example.com"}INBOX"
+  ["Nmsgs"]=>
+  int(1)
+  ["Recent"]=>
+  int(0)
+}
+]]>
+      </screen>
+     </example>
+    </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>