diff --git a/functions/strings.xml b/functions/strings.xml
index d8f1b65f3b..1bd8afb17b 100644
--- a/functions/strings.xml
+++ b/functions/strings.xml
@@ -2944,6 +2944,9 @@ $text = ucwords($text); // $text is now: Mary Had A Little
       <paramdef>string
        <parameter><optional>break</optional></parameter>
       </paramdef>
+      <paramdef>int
+       <parameter><optional>cut</optional></parameter>
+      </paramdef>
      </funcprototype>
     </funcsynopsis>
     <para>
@@ -2957,6 +2960,12 @@ $text = ucwords($text); // $text is now: Mary Had A Little
      75 and break using '\n' (newline) if <parameter>width</parameter>
      or <parameter>break</parameter> are not given.
     </para>
+    <para>
+     If the <parameter>cut</parameter> is set to 1, the string is
+	 always wrapped at the specified width. So if you have a word
+	 that is larger than the given width, it is broken appart.
+	 (See second example).
+    </para>
     <para>
      <example>
       <title><function>wordwrap</function> example</title>
@@ -2975,7 +2984,31 @@ echo "$newtext\n";
      <informalexample>
       <programlisting>
 The quick brown fox
- jumped over the lazy dog.
+jumped over the lazy dog.
+      </programlisting>
+     </informalexample>
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     <example>
+      <title><function>wordwrap</function> example</title>
+      <programlisting role="php">
+$text = "A very long woooooooooooord.";
+$newtext = wordwrap( $text, 8, "\n", 1);
+
+echo "$newtext\n";
+      </programlisting>
+     </example>
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     This example would display:
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     <informalexample>
+      <programlisting>
+A very
+long
+wooooooo
+ooooord.
       </programlisting>
      </informalexample>
     </para>