diff --git a/reference/oci8/functions/ocifetchinto.xml b/reference/oci8/functions/ocifetchinto.xml
index 1acf4da4c6..070d1c671a 100644
--- a/reference/oci8/functions/ocifetchinto.xml
+++ b/reference/oci8/functions/ocifetchinto.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/oci8.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.ocifetchinto">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
      <methodsynopsis>
       <type>int</type><methodname>OCIFetchInto</methodname>
       <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>stmt</parameter></methodparam>
-      <methodparam><type>array &amp;</type><parameter>result</parameter></methodparam>
+      <methodparam><type>array </type><parameter>result</parameter></methodparam>
       <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>mode</parameter></methodparam>
      </methodsynopsis>
     <para>
@@ -22,11 +22,20 @@
      <parameter>result</parameter> will contain a zero-based array of all
      columns that are not &null;.
     </para>
-	<para>
-	 The <parameter>mode</parameter> parameter allows you to change the
-	 default behaviour. You can specify more than one flag by simply
-	 adding them up (eg OCI_ASSOC+OCI_RETURN_NULLS). The known flags
-	 are:
+    <note>
+     <para>
+      Prior to PHP 4.2.0, the <parameter>result</parameter> parameter is 
+      passed in by reference at call time.  So in these older versions of
+      PHP you'd use <varname>&$row</varname> in our example below.  See
+      also <link linkend="ini.allow-call-time-pass-reference">
+      allow_call_time_pass_reference</link>.
+     </para>
+    </note>
+    <para>
+     The <parameter>mode</parameter> parameter allows you to change the
+     default behaviour. You can specify more than one flag by simply
+     adding them up (eg OCI_ASSOC+OCI_RETURN_NULLS). The known flags
+     are:
      <simplelist>
       <member>
        <literal>OCI_ASSOC</literal> Return an associative array.
@@ -43,7 +52,31 @@
        instead of the descriptor.
       </member>
      </simplelist>
-	</para>
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     <example>
+      <title>A simple <function>OCIFetchInto</function> example</title>
+      <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+$conn = ocilogon("username","password");
+
+$query = "SELECT apples FROM oranges";
+
+$statement = OCIParse ($conn, $query);
+OCIExecute ($statement);
+
+while (OCIFetchInto ($statement, $row, OCI_ASSOC)) {
+    print $row['apples'];
+}
+?>
+]]>
+      </programlisting>
+     </example>
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     See also <function>OCIExecute</function>.
+    </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>