diff --git a/reference/image/functions/imagecreatefromgif.xml b/reference/image/functions/imagecreatefromgif.xml
index e599b30614..05ba8b9398 100644
--- a/reference/image/functions/imagecreatefromgif.xml
+++ b/reference/image/functions/imagecreatefromgif.xml
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ imagedestroy($img);
     available between these versions.
    </para>
   </note>
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When reading animated GIF files into memory, only the first frame 
+    is returned in the image resource pointer.
+   </para>
+  </note>
   &warn.no-win32-fopen-wrapper;
  </refsect1>
 </refentry>