diff --git a/reference/stream/functions/stream-context-create.xml b/reference/stream/functions/stream-context-create.xml
index 0619b714d9..9ca64fd456 100644
--- a/reference/stream/functions/stream-context-create.xml
+++ b/reference/stream/functions/stream-context-create.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
   <refentry id="function.stream-context-create">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>stream_context_create</refname>
@@ -9,15 +9,45 @@
     <title>Description</title>
      <methodsynopsis>
       <type>resource</type><methodname>stream_context_create</methodname>
-      <methodparam><type>array</type><parameter>params</parameter></methodparam>
+      <methodparam><type>array</type><parameter>options</parameter></methodparam>
      </methodsynopsis>
     <simpara>
-     Creates and returns a stream context with any parameters supplied in
-     <parameter>params</parameter> preset.
+     Creates and returns a stream context with any options supplied in
+     <parameter>options</parameter> preset.
     </simpara>
+    <simpara>
+     <parameter>options</parameter> must be an associative 
+     array of associative arrays in the format 
+     <literal>$arr['wrapper']['option'] = $value</literal>.
+    </simpara>
+    <example>
+     <title>Using <function>stream_context_create</function></title>
+     <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+$opts = array(
+  'http'=>array(
+    'method'=>"GET",
+    'header'=>"Accept-language: en\r\n" . 
+              "Cookie: foo=bar\r\n"
+  )
+);
+
+$context = stream_context_create($opts);
+
+/* Sends an http request to www.example.com
+   with additional headers shown above */
+$fp = fopen('http://www.example.com', 'r', false, $context);
+fpassthru($fp);
+fclose($fp);
+?>
+]]>
+     </programlisting>
+    </example>
     <simpara>
      See Also:
-     <function>stream_context_set_params</function>
+     <function>stream_context_set_option</function>, and
+     Listing of supported wrappers with context options (<xref linkend="wrappers"/>)
     </simpara>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>