diff --git a/language/control-structures/include.xml b/language/control-structures/include.xml
index e5a8c3cc7c..9a96bb53be 100644
--- a/language/control-structures/include.xml
+++ b/language/control-structures/include.xml
@@ -20,10 +20,13 @@
fatal error.
- If a path is defined (full or relative), the
- include_path will be ignored altogether.
- For example, if a filename begins with ../, the parser will
- look in the parent directory to find the requested file.
+ If a path is defined — whether absolute (starting with a drive letter
+ on Windows, or / on Unix/Linux systems) or relative to
+ the current directory (starting with . or
+ ..) — the
+ include_path will be ignored
+ altogether. For example, if a filename begins with ../,
+ the parser will look in the parent directory to find the requested file.
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