diff --git a/reference/ftp/functions/ftp-ssl-connect.xml b/reference/ftp/functions/ftp-ssl-connect.xml
index 70ded1c020..06b0765514 100644
--- a/reference/ftp/functions/ftp-ssl-connect.xml
+++ b/reference/ftp/functions/ftp-ssl-connect.xml
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
   <note>
    <title>Why this function may not exist</title>
    <para>
-    <function>ftp_ssl_connect</function> is only available if both
+    Before PHP 7.0.0, <function>ftp_ssl_connect</function> was only available if both
     the ftp module and the <link linkend="ref.openssl">OpenSSL</link>
-    support is built statically into php, this means that on Windows this
-    function will be undefined in the official PHP builds. To make this
-    function available on Windows you must compile your own PHP binaries.
+    support have been built statically into php; this means that on Windows this
+    function had been undefined in the official PHP builds. To have this
+    function available on Windows, it had been necessary to compile own PHP binaries.
    </para>
   </note>
   <note>