diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/file-exists.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/file-exists.xml
index 56852282e1..71b3b7659a 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/file-exists.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/file-exists.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.19 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.20 $ -->
 <refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.file-exists">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>file_exists</refname>
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@
    Returns &true; if the file or directory specified by
    <parameter>filename</parameter> exists; &false; otherwise.
   </para>
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    This function will return &false; for symlinks pointing to non-existing
+    files.
+   </para>
+  </note>
   <warning>
    <para>
     This function returns &false; for files inaccessible due to <link