diff --git a/reference/mailparse/book.xml b/reference/mailparse/book.xml
index 9d94e8041a..db87687b76 100644
--- a/reference/mailparse/book.xml
+++ b/reference/mailparse/book.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
 <!-- Purpose: remote.mail -->
 <!-- Membership: pecl -->
  
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <note>
    <para>
     Mailparse requires the <link linkend="book.mbstring">mbstring</link>
-    extension.
+    extension, and mbstring must be loaded before mailparse.
    </para>
   </note>
   <para>