diff --git a/reference/session/reference.xml b/reference/session/reference.xml
index 9ce9541ae2..25caf1dbb5 100644
--- a/reference/session/reference.xml
+++ b/reference/session/reference.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
  <reference id="ref.session">
   <title>Session handling functions</title>
   <titleabbrev>Sessions</titleabbrev>
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
      <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
+session_start();
 if (isset($HTTP_SESSION_VARS['count'])) {
    $HTTP_SESSION_VARS['count']++;
 }
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ else {
      <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
+session_start();
 // Use $HTTP_SESSION_VARS with PHP 4.0.6 or less
 if (!isset($_SESSION['count'])) {
     $_SESSION['count'] = 0;
@@ -126,9 +128,9 @@ if (!isset($_SESSION['count'])) {
      <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
+session_start();
 // Use $HTTP_SESSION_VARS with PHP 4.0.6 or less
 unset($_SESSION['count']);
-
 ?>
 ]]>
      </programlisting>