diff --git a/reference/http/functions/persistenthandles.xml b/reference/http/functions/persistenthandles.xml
index 4ac20f7817..942339e5df 100644
--- a/reference/http/functions/persistenthandles.xml
+++ b/reference/http/functions/persistenthandles.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
 &reference.http.functions.persistenthandles.http-persistent-handles-count;
 &reference.http.functions.persistenthandles.http-persistent-handles-ident;
+&reference.http.functions.persistenthandles.http-persistent-handles-clean;
diff --git a/reference/http/functions/persistenthandles/http-persistent-handles-clean.xml b/reference/http/functions/persistenthandles/http-persistent-handles-clean.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29f6673b00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reference/http/functions/persistenthandles/http-persistent-handles-clean.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<refentry id="function.http-persistent-handles-clean">
+ <refnamediv>
+  <refname>http_persistent_handles_clean</refname>
+  <refpurpose>Clean up persistent handles</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+ <refsect1 role="description">
+  &reftitle.description;
+  <methodsynopsis>
+   <type>string</type><methodname>http_persistent_handles_clean</methodname>
+   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>ident</parameter></methodparam>
+  </methodsynopsis>
+
+  <para>
+   Clean up (close) persistent handles, optionally identified with ident.
+  </para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1 role="parameters">
+  &reftitle.parameters;
+  <para>
+   <variablelist>
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term><parameter>clean</parameter></term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       the identification string
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+   </variablelist>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
+  &reftitle.returnvalues;
+  <para>
+   &return.void;
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <!-- Use when ERRORS exist
+ <refsect1 role="errors">
+  &reftitle.errors;
+  <para>
+   When does this function throw E_* level errors, or exceptions?
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ -->
+
+
+ <!-- Use when a CHANGELOG exists
+ <refsect1 role="changelog">
+  &reftitle.changelog;
+  <para>
+   <informaltable>
+    <tgroup cols="2">
+     <thead>
+      <row>
+       <entry>&Version;</entry>
+       <entry>&Description;</entry>
+      </row>
+     </thead>
+     <tbody>
+      <row>
+       <entry>Enter the PHP version of change here</entry>
+       <entry>Description of change</entry>
+      </row>
+     </tbody>
+    </tgroup>
+   </informaltable>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ -->
+<!--
+ <refsect1 role="examples">
+  &reftitle.examples;
+  <para>
+   <example>
+    <title>A <function>http_persistent_handles_clean</function> example</title>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+    &example.outputs;
+    <screen>
+    </screen>
+   </example>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+-->
+ <!-- Use when adding See Also links
+ <refsect1 role="seealso">
+  &reftitle.seealso;
+  <para>
+   <simplelist>
+    <member><function></function></member>
+    <member>Or <link linkend="somethingelse">something else</link></member>
+   </simplelist>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ -->
+
+
+</refentry>
+
+<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
+Local variables:
+mode: sgml
+sgml-omittag:t
+sgml-shorttag:t
+sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
+sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
+sgml-indent-step:1
+sgml-indent-data:t
+indent-tabs-mode:nil
+sgml-parent-document:nil
+sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../../manual.ced"
+sgml-exposed-tags:nil
+sgml-local-catalogs:nil
+sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
+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/http/functions/persistenthandles/http-persistent-handles-ident.xml b/reference/http/functions/persistenthandles/http-persistent-handles-ident.xml
index 9b981605bf..e3bbae3296 100644
--- a/reference/http/functions/persistenthandles/http-persistent-handles-ident.xml
+++ b/reference/http/functions/persistenthandles/http-persistent-handles-ident.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
 <refentry id="function.http-persistent-handles-ident">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>http_persistent_handles_ident</refname>
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@
  </refsect1>
  -->
 
-
  <refsect1 role="examples">
   &reftitle.examples;
   <para>
@@ -82,18 +81,22 @@
     <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-print_r(http_persistent_handles_ident());
+echo http_persistent_handles_ident("CUSTOM"), "\n";
+echo http_persistent_handles_ident("MyApp1"), "\n";
+http_get("http://www.example.com/");
+print_r(http_persistent_handles_count());
 ?>
 ]]>
     </programlisting>
     &example.outputs;
     <screen>
-<![CDATA[
+GLOBAL
+CUSTOM
 stdClass Object
 (
     [http_request] => Array
         (
-            [GLOBAL] => Array
+            [MyApp1] => Array
                 (
                     [used] => 0
                     [free] => 1
@@ -116,13 +119,11 @@ stdClass Object
         )
 
 )
-]]>
     </screen>
    </example>
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
-
  <!-- Use when adding See Also links
  <refsect1 role="seealso">
   &reftitle.seealso;