diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/explode.xml b/reference/strings/functions/explode.xml
index 3194a81796..ba418ed612 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/explode.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/explode.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.20 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.21 $ -->
 <refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.explode">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>explode</refname>
@@ -73,10 +73,12 @@
   &reftitle.returnvalues;
   <para>
    If <parameter>delimiter</parameter> is an empty string (""),
-   <function>explode</function> will return &false;.  If
-   <parameter>delimiter</parameter> contains a value that is not contained
-   in <parameter>string</parameter>, then <function>explode</function> will
-   return an array containing <parameter>string</parameter>.
+   <function>explode</function> will return &false;.
+   If <parameter>delimiter</parameter> contains a value that is not
+   contained in <parameter>string</parameter> and a negative
+   <parameter>limit</parameter> is used, then an empty array will be
+   returned. For any other <parameter>limit</parameter>, an array containing
+   <parameter>string</parameter> will be returned.
   </para>
  </refsect1>