diff --git a/reference/shmop/reference.xml b/reference/shmop/reference.xml
index 4d69db2e8b..17457ef57e 100644
--- a/reference/shmop/reference.xml
+++ b/reference/shmop/reference.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
 <reference id="ref.shmop">
   <title>Shared Memory Functions</title>
   <titleabbrev>shmop</titleabbrev>
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@
     &reftitle.intro;
     <para>
      Shmop is an easy to use set of functions that allows PHP to read,
-     write, create and delete UNIX shared memory segments. The functions
-     will not work on windows, as it does not support shared memory.
+     write, create and delete UNIX shared memory segments. These functions
+     will not typically work on Windows, as it does not support shared memory.
+     As of Windows 2000 though, enabling the php_shmop.dll in your php.ini
+     will enable this functionality though.
     </para>
     <note>
      <simpara>