diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/fread.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/fread.xml
index fa3beb3205..85094bd0b8 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/fread.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/fread.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.17 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.18 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/filesystem.xml, last change in rev 1.25 -->
   <refentry id="function.fread">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <simpara>
      <function>fread</function> reads up to
      <parameter>length</parameter> bytes from the file pointer
-     referenced by <parameter>handle</parameter>. Reading stops when
+     referenced by <parameter>handle</parameter>. Reading stops when up to
      <parameter>length</parameter> bytes have been read, EOF 
      (end of file) is reached, or (for network streams) when a
      packet becomes available, whichever comes first. 
@@ -63,11 +63,12 @@ fclose($handle);
 
     <warning>
      <para>
-      When reading from network streams or pipes, such as those returned when
+      When reading from anything that is not a regular local file, such as
+      streams returned when
       reading <link linkend="features.remote-files">remote files</link> or from
       <function>popen</function> and <function>fsockopen</function>, reading
       will stop after a packet is available.  This means that you should
-      collect the data together in chunks as shown in the example below.
+      collect the data together in chunks as shown in the examples below.
      </para>
     </warning>
     <para>
@@ -75,6 +76,20 @@ fclose($handle);
       <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
+// For PHP 5 and up
+$handle = fopen("http://www.example.com/", "rb");
+$contents = stream_get_contents($handle);
+fclose($handle);
+?>
+]]>
+      </programlisting>
+     </informalexample>
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     <informalexample>
+      <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
 $handle = fopen("http://www.example.com/", "rb");
 $contents = '';
 while (!feof($handle)) {