diff --git a/reference/pdo_sqlite/reference.xml b/reference/pdo_sqlite/reference.xml
index c072b7944f..304fe01435 100644
--- a/reference/pdo_sqlite/reference.xml
+++ b/reference/pdo_sqlite/reference.xml
@@ -54,16 +54,22 @@
          <itemizedlist>
           <listitem>
            <para>
-            To access a database on disk, append the absolute path to the
+            To access a database on disk, the absolute path has to be appended to the
             DSN prefix.
            </para>
           </listitem>
           <listitem>
            <para>
-            To create a database in memory, append <literal>:memory:</literal>
+            To create a database in memory, <literal>:memory:</literal> has to be appended
             to the DSN prefix.
            </para>
           </listitem>
+          <listitem>
+           <para>
+            If the DSN consists of the DSN prefix only, a temporary database is used,
+            which is deleted when the connection is closed.
+           </para>
+          </listitem>
          </itemizedlist>
         </para>
        </listitem>
@@ -120,6 +126,7 @@
 <![CDATA[
 sqlite:/opt/databases/mydb.sq3
 sqlite::memory:
+sqlite:
 sqlite2:/opt/databases/mydb.sq2
 sqlite2::memory:
 ]]>