diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/touch.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/touch.xml
index 72a6d5c3e9..aa1d3877f6 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/touch.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/touch.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/filesystem.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.touch">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
      given, uses the present time. This is equivalent to what utime
      (sometimes referred to as utimes) does. If the third option
      <parameter>atime</parameter> is present, the access time of the given
-     filename is also modified.
+     filename is set to the value of <parameter>atime</parameter>. 
+     Note that the access time is always modified, regardless of the number
+     of parameters.
     </para>
     <para>
      If the file does not exist, it is created.