diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/strstr.xml b/reference/strings/functions/strstr.xml
index 494b8b5e48..060a300fea 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/strstr.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/strstr.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/strings.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.strstr">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ print $domain; // prints @example.com
       </programlisting>
      </example> 
     </para>
+    <para>
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       If you only want to determine if a particular <parameter>needle</parameter>
+       occours within <parameter>haystack</parameter>, use the faster and less memory
+       intensive function <function>strpos</function> instead.
+      </para>
+     </note>
+    </para>
     <para>
      See also <function>ereg</function>, <function>preg_match</function>,
      <function>strchr</function>, <function>stristr</function>,