diff --git a/reference/mysqli/mysqli/connect.xml b/reference/mysqli/mysqli/connect.xml
index 76c3346ec3..1e8350f8f3 100644
--- a/reference/mysqli/mysqli/connect.xml
+++ b/reference/mysqli/mysqli/connect.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="mysqli.connect" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>mysqli::__construct</refname>
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@
  <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
   &reftitle.returnvalues;
   <para>
-   Returns a object which represents the connection to a MySQL Server or
-   &false; if the connection failed.
+   Returns a object which represents the connection to a MySQL Server.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@
 $mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
 
 /* check connection */
-if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
+if ($mysqli->connect_error) {
     printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
     exit();
 }
@@ -168,6 +167,14 @@ Host information: Localhost via UNIX socket
 
  <refsect1 role="notes">
   &reftitle.notes;
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    OO syntax only: If a connection fails an object is still returned. To check 
+    if the connection failed then use the <link 
+    linkend="mysqli.connect-error">mysqli->connect_error</link> property like in 
+    the examples above.
+   </para>
+  </note>
   <note>
    <para>
     Error "Can't create TCP/IP socket (10106)" usually means that the <link