diff --git a/language/oop5/properties.xml b/language/oop5/properties.xml
index 0c565cfe5d..7e8a37bd0a 100644
--- a/language/oop5/properties.xml
+++ b/language/oop5/properties.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
   <para>
    Within class methods the properties, constants, and methods may be
    accessed by using the form <varname>$this-&gt;property</varname>
-   (where <literal>property</literal> is the name of the property)
+   (where <literal>property</literal> is the name of the property; see
+   also <link linkend="language.variables.variable">variable property names</link>)
    unless the access is to a static property within the context of a
    static class method, in which case it is accessed using the
    form <varname>self::$property</varname>. See <link linkend="language.oop5.static">Static