diff --git a/reference/mbstring/functions/mb-encoding-aliases.xml b/reference/mbstring/functions/mb-encoding-aliases.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6893b92131
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reference/mbstring/functions/mb-encoding-aliases.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- $Revision$ -->
+<refentry xml:id="function.mb-encoding-aliases" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+ <refnamediv>
+  <refname>mb_encoding_aliases</refname>
+  <refpurpose>Get aliases of a known encoding type</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+ 
+ <refsect1 role="description">
+  &reftitle.description;
+  <methodsynopsis>
+   <type>array</type><methodname>mb_encoding_aliases</methodname>
+   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>encoding</parameter></methodparam>
+  </methodsynopsis>
+  <para>
+   Returns an array of aliases for a known <parameter>encoding</parameter> type.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ 
+ <refsect1 role="parameters">
+  &reftitle.parameters;
+  <variablelist>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><parameter>encoding</parameter></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      The encoding type being checked, for aliases.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+  </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+ 
+ <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
+  &reftitle.returnvalues;
+  <para>
+   Returns a numerically indexed array of encoding aliases on success,
+   &return.falseforfailure;
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="errors">
+  &reftitle.errors;
+  <para>
+   Emits an <constant>E_WARNING</constant> level error if
+   <parameter>encoding</parameter> is unknown.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="examples">
+  &reftitle.examples;
+  <example>
+   <title><function>mb_encoding_aliases</function> example</title>
+   <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+$encoding        = 'ASCII';
+$known_encodings = mb_list_encodings();
+
+if (in_array($encoding, $known_encodings)) {
+
+    $aliases = mb_encoding_aliases($encoding);
+    print_r($aliases);
+
+} else {
+
+    echo "Unknown ($encoding) encoding.\n";
+
+}
+?>
+]]>
+   </programlisting>
+   &example.outputs.similar;
+   <screen>
+<![CDATA[
+Array
+(
+    [0] => ANSI_X3.4-1968
+    [1] => iso-ir-6
+    [2] => ANSI_X3.4-1986
+    [3] => ISO_646.irv:1991
+    [4] => US-ASCII
+    [5] => ISO646-US
+    [6] => us
+    [7] => IBM367
+    [8] => cp367
+    [9] => csASCII
+)
+]]>
+   </screen>
+  </example>
+ </refsect1>
+ 
+ <refsect1 role="seealso">
+  &reftitle.seealso;
+  <para>
+   <simplelist>
+    <member><function>mb_list_encodings</function></member>
+   </simplelist>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>
+
+<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
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+mode: sgml
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+sgml-shorttag:t
+sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
+sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
+sgml-indent-step:1
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+sgml-parent-document:nil
+sgml-default-dtd-file:"~/.phpdoc/manual.ced"
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+End:
+vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
+vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
+vi: ts=1 sw=1
+-->
+
diff --git a/reference/mbstring/versions.xml b/reference/mbstring/versions.xml
index 25a36de021..97e5a2b0ae 100644
--- a/reference/mbstring/versions.xml
+++ b/reference/mbstring/versions.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  <function name='mb_detect_order' from='PHP 4 &gt;= 4.0.6, PHP 5'/>
  <function name='mb_encode_mimeheader' from='PHP 4 &gt;= 4.0.6, PHP 5'/>
  <function name='mb_encode_numericentity' from='PHP 4 &gt;= 4.0.6, PHP 5'/>
+ <function name='mb_encoding_aliases' from='PHP 5 &gt;= 5.3.0'/> 
  <function name='mb_ereg' from='PHP 4 &gt;= 4.2.0, PHP 5'/>
  <function name='mb_ereg_match' from='PHP 4 &gt;= 4.2.0, PHP 5'/>
  <function name='mb_ereg_replace' from='PHP 4 &gt;= 4.2.0, PHP 5'/>
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@
  <function name='mb_internal_encoding' from='PHP 4 &gt;= 4.0.6, PHP 5'/>
  <function name='mb_language' from='PHP 4 &gt;= 4.0.6, PHP 5'/>
  <function name='mb_list_encodings' from='PHP 5'/>
- <function name='mb_list_encodings_alias_names' from='PHP 5 &gt;= 5.2.0'/>
  <function name='mb_list_mime_names' from='PHP 5 &gt;= 5.2.0'/>
  <function name='mb_output_handler' from='PHP 4 &gt;= 4.0.6, PHP 5'/>
  <function name='mb_parse_str' from='PHP 4 &gt;= 4.0.6, PHP 5'/>