diff --git a/reference/mysqli/functions/mysqli-connect.xml b/reference/mysqli/functions/mysqli-connect.xml
index 7990e2b3dd..087a1ae51c 100644
--- a/reference/mysqli/functions/mysqli-connect.xml
+++ b/reference/mysqli/functions/mysqli-connect.xml
@@ -11,8 +11,45 @@
   <para>
    &info.function.alias; <methodname>mysqli::__construct</methodname>
   </para>
+  <para>
+   Although the <methodname>mysqli::__construct</methodname> documentation also includes
+   procedural examples that use the <function>mysqli_connect</function> function, here
+   is a short example:
+  </para>
  </refsect1>
 
+ <refsect1 role="examples">
+  &reftitle.examples;
+  <example>
+   <title><function>mysqli_connect</function> example</title>
+   <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+$link = mysqli_connect("127.0.0.1", "my_user", "my_password", "my_db");
+
+if (!$link) {
+    echo "Error: Unable to connect to MySQL." . PHP_EOL;
+    echo "Debugging errno: " . mysqli_connect_errno() . PHP_EOL;
+    echo "Debugging error: " . mysqli_connect_error() . PHP_EOL;
+    exit;
+}
+
+echo "Success: A proper connection to MySQL was made! The my_db database is great." . PHP_EOL;
+echo "Host information: " . mysqli_get_host_info($link) . PHP_EOL;
+
+mysqli_close($link);
+?>
+]]>
+   </programlisting>
+   &examples.outputs;
+   <screen>
+<![CDATA[
+Success: A proper connection to MySQL was made! The my_db database is great.
+Host information: localhost via TCP/IP
+]]>
+   </screen>
+  </example>
+ </refsect1>
 </refentry>
 
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