diff --git a/reference/pcre/functions/preg-split.xml b/reference/pcre/functions/preg-split.xml
index 6a8abf7180..fc4bd1440b 100644
--- a/reference/pcre/functions/preg-split.xml
+++ b/reference/pcre/functions/preg-split.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.10 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.11 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/pcre.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.preg-split">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -65,7 +65,16 @@
         </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
       </variablelist>
-    </para>
+     </para>
+
+     <tip>
+      <para>
+       If you don't need the power of regular expressions, you can choose
+       faster (albeit simpler) alternatives like <function>explode</function>
+       or <function>str_split</function>.
+      </para>
+     </tip>
+     
      <para>
      <example>
       <title><function>preg_split</function> example : Get the parts of a search string</title>