diff --git a/reference/sockets/functions/socket-close.xml b/reference/sockets/functions/socket-close.xml
index 17efea2c73..9bc8dd7a0c 100644
--- a/reference/sockets/functions/socket-close.xml
+++ b/reference/sockets/functions/socket-close.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
 <refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.socket-close">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>socket_close</refname>
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
    <function>socket_close</function> closes the socket resource
-   given by <parameter>socket</parameter>.
+   given by <parameter>socket</parameter>. This function is specific to sockets
+   and cannot be used on any other type of resources.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
@@ -25,16 +26,10 @@
     <varlistentry>
      <term><parameter>socket</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
-      <note>
        <para>
-        <function>socket_close</function> can't be used on PHP file resources
-        created with <function>fopen</function>, <function>popen</function>,
-        <function>fsockopen</function>, or <function>pfsockopen</function>;
-        it is meant for sockets created with 
-        <function>socket_create</function> or
-        <function>socket_accept</function>.
+        A valid socket resource created with <function>socket_create</function>
+        or <function>socket_accept</function>.
        </para>
-      </note>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>