diff --git a/reference/errorfunc/functions/set-error-handler.xml b/reference/errorfunc/functions/set-error-handler.xml
index d14fe95920..b76007fbc6 100644
--- a/reference/errorfunc/functions/set-error-handler.xml
+++ b/reference/errorfunc/functions/set-error-handler.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/errorfunc.xml, last change in rev 1.1 -->
   <refentry id="function.set-error-handler">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@
      error occurred (an array that points to the active symbol table at the
      point the error occurred).
     </para>
+    <note>
+     <para>
+      The following error types cannot be handled with a user defined
+      function: <constant>E_ERROR</constant>, <constant>E_PARSE</constant>,
+      <constant>E_CORE_ERROR</constant>, <constant>E_CORE_WARNING</constant>,
+      <constant>E_COMPILE_ERROR</constant> and
+      <constant>E_COMPILE_WARNING</constant>.
+     </para>
+    </note>
     <para>
      The example below shows the handling of 
      internal exceptions by triggering errors and handling them with a user