diff --git a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-db-query.xml b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-db-query.xml
index 2ea481b15d..7d5cc1fb62 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-db-query.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-db-query.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.13 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.14 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="function.mysql-db-query" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>mysql_db_query</refname>
@@ -95,8 +95,13 @@ if (!$link = mysql_connect('mysql_host', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password')) {
     exit;
 }
 
+if (!mysql_select_db('mysql_dbname', $link)) {
+    echo 'Could not select database';
+    exit;
+}
+
 $sql    = 'SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE id = 42';
-$result = mysql_db_query('mysql_dbname', $sql, $link);
+$result = mysql_query($sql, $link);
 
 if (!$result) {
     echo "DB Error, could not query the database\n";