diff --git a/reference/image/functions/imagecopyresampled.xml b/reference/image/functions/imagecopyresampled.xml
index 388b7fc5e0..c0b726fe1f 100644
--- a/reference/image/functions/imagecopyresampled.xml
+++ b/reference/image/functions/imagecopyresampled.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.11 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.12 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="function.imagecopyresampled" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>imagecopyresampled</refname>
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@
    values so that, in particular, reducing the size of an image still
    retains a great deal of clarity.
   </para>
+  <para>
+   In other words, <function>imagecopyresampled</function> will take an 
+   rectangular area from <parameter>src_image</parameter> of width 
+   <parameter>src_w</parameter> and height <parameter>src_h</parameter> at 
+   position (<parameter>src_x</parameter>,<parameter>src_y</parameter>) 
+   and place it in a rectangular area of <parameter>dst_image</parameter> 
+   of width <parameter>dst_w</parameter> and height <parameter>dst_h</parameter>
+   at position (<parameter>dst_x</parameter>,<parameter>dst_y</parameter>).
+  </para>
   <para>
    If the source and destination coordinates and width and heights
    differ, appropriate stretching or shrinking of the image fragment
diff --git a/reference/image/functions/imagecopyresized.xml b/reference/image/functions/imagecopyresized.xml
index 0c05202d1b..395092063e 100644
--- a/reference/image/functions/imagecopyresized.xml
+++ b/reference/image/functions/imagecopyresized.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.10 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.11 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="function.imagecopyresized" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>imagecopyresized</refname>
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@
    portion of one image to another image.
    <parameter>dst_image</parameter> is the destination image,
    <parameter>src_image</parameter> is the source image identifier.
+  </para>
+  <para>
+   In other words, <function>imagecopyresized</function> will take an 
+   rectangular area from <parameter>src_image</parameter> of width 
+   <parameter>src_w</parameter> and height <parameter>src_h</parameter> at 
+   position (<parameter>src_x</parameter>,<parameter>src_y</parameter>) 
+   and place it in a rectangular area of <parameter>dst_image</parameter> 
+   of width <parameter>dst_w</parameter> and height <parameter>dst_h</parameter>
+   at position (<parameter>dst_x</parameter>,<parameter>dst_y</parameter>).
+  </para>
+  <para>
    If the source and destination coordinates and width and heights
    differ, appropriate stretching or shrinking of the image fragment
    will be performed. The coordinates refer to the upper left