diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/filetype.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/filetype.xml
index 6546b6989f..d1f44b95ec 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/filetype.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/filetype.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/filesystem.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.filetype">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
     </para>
     <para>
      Returns &false; if an error occurs.
+     This function will also produce an E_WARNING message if the stat call fails or 
+     if the file type is unknown.
     </para>
     <para>
      The results of this function are cached. See