diff --git a/language/control-structures.xml b/language/control-structures.xml
index 0708e3f1d2..78a64ff917 100644
--- a/language/control-structures.xml
+++ b/language/control-structures.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.65 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.66 $ -->
  <chapter id="control-structures">
   <title>Control Structures</title>
 
@@ -517,7 +517,11 @@ foreach(array_expression as $key => $value) statement
       the specified array, not the array itself, therefore the array
       pointer is not modified as with the <function>each</function>
       construct and changes to the array element returned are not
-      reflected in the original array.
+      reflected in the original array.  However, the internal pointer
+      of the original array <emphasis>is</emphasis> advanced with
+      the processing of the array.  Assuming the foreach loop runs
+      to completion, the array's internal pointer will be at the
+      end of the array.
      </para>
     </note>
    </para>