diff --git a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-connect.xml b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-connect.xml
index 21228c17c0..9aaf7d031a 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-connect.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-connect.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.19 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.20 $ -->
 <refentry id="function.mysql-connect">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>mysql_connect</refname>
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
       <para>
        If the PHP directive <link linkend="ini.mysql.default-host">
        mysql.default_host</link> is undefined (default), then the default 
-       value is 'localhost:3306'
+       value is 'localhost:3306'. In &sqlsafemode;, this parameter is ignored
+       and value 'localhost:3306' is always used.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -44,8 +45,10 @@
      <term><parameter>username</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       The username. Default value is the name of the user that owns the
-       server process.
+       The username. Default value is defined by <link
+       linkend="ini.mysql.default-user">mysql.default_user</link>. In
+       &sqlsafemode;, this parameter is ignored and the name of the user that
+       owns the server process is used.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -53,7 +56,9 @@
      <term><parameter>password</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       The password. Default value is an empty password.
+       The password. Default value is defined by <link
+       linkend="ini.mysql.default-password">mysql.default_password</link>. In
+       &sqlsafemode;, this parameter is ignored and empty password is used.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>   
@@ -68,6 +73,7 @@
        behavior and makes <function>mysql_connect</function> always open 
        a new link, even if <function>mysql_connect</function> was called 
        before with the same parameters.
+       In &sqlsafemode;, this parameter is ignored.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -82,6 +88,7 @@
        <constant>MYSQL_CLIENT_IGNORE_SPACE</constant> or
        <constant>MYSQL_CLIENT_INTERACTIVE</constant>.
        Read the section about <xref linkend="mysql.client-flags" /> for further information.
+       In &sqlsafemode;, this parameter is ignored.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>