diff --git a/reference/spl/norewinditerator.xml b/reference/spl/norewinditerator.xml
index 864709d6e1..eb2326cab3 100644
--- a/reference/spl/norewinditerator.xml
+++ b/reference/spl/norewinditerator.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <section xml:id="norewinditerator.intro">
    &reftitle.intro;
    <para>
-    This iterator cannot be rewound.
+    This iterator ignores rewind operations. This allows processing an iterator in multiple partial foreach loops.
    </para>
   </section>
 <!-- }}} -->