diff --git a/reference/mysql/configure.xml b/reference/mysql/configure.xml
index 1c327a66c7..5a53aea34f 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/configure.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/configure.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.14 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.15 $ -->
 <section id="mysql.installation">
  &reftitle.install;
 
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
   configuration option where the optional <literal>[DIR]</literal> points to 
   the MySQL installation directory.
  </para>
- <para>
-  This MySQL extension doesn't support full functionality of MySQL versions greater than
-  4.1.0. For that, use <link linkend="ref.mysqli">MySQLi</link>.
+ <para> 
+  Although this MySQL extension is compatible with MySQL 4.1.0 and greater, 
+  it doesn't support the extra functionality that these versions provide. 
+  For that, use the <link linkend="ref.mysqli">MySQLi</link> extension.
  </para>
  <para>
   If you would like to install the mysql extension along with the mysqli extension