diff --git a/reference/session/reference.xml b/reference/session/reference.xml
index ea48ff682c..dca6c4492d 100644
--- a/reference/session/reference.xml
+++ b/reference/session/reference.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.20 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.21 $ -->
  <reference id="ref.session">
   <title>Session handling functions</title>
   <titleabbrev>Sessions</titleabbrev>
@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@
       Session handling was added in PHP 4.0.
      </para>
     </note>
+    <note>
+     <para>
+     Please note when working with sessions that a record of a session
+     is not created until a variable has been registered using the
+     <function>session_register</function> function. This holds true 
+     regardless of if a session has been started using the <function>session_start</function>
+     function. 
+     </para>
+    </note>
    </section>
    
    <section id="session.security">