diff --git a/reference/stream/constants.xml b/reference/stream/constants.xml
index 3e4b4d1f14..097edc213c 100644
--- a/reference/stream/constants.xml
+++ b/reference/stream/constants.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.14 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.15 $ -->
 <section id="stream.constants">
  &reftitle.constants;
  &extension.constants;
@@ -277,6 +277,27 @@
        for out-of-band data (TCP, for example).
       </entry>
      </row>
+     <row>
+      <entry><constant>STREAM_SHUT_RD</constant></entry>
+      <entry>
+       Used with <function>stream_socket_shutdown</function> to disable
+       further receptions. Added in PHP 5.2.1.
+      </entry>
+     </row>
+     <row>
+      <entry><constant>STREAM_SHUT_WR</constant></entry>
+      <entry>
+       Used with <function>stream_socket_shutdown</function> to disable
+       further transmissions. Added in PHP 5.2.1.
+      </entry>
+     </row>
+     <row>
+      <entry><constant>STREAM_SHUT_RDWR</constant></entry>
+      <entry>
+       Used with <function>stream_socket_shutdown</function> to disable
+       further receptions and transmissions. Added in PHP 5.2.1.
+      </entry>
+     </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>
   </informaltable>
diff --git a/reference/stream/functions/stream-socket-shutdown.xml b/reference/stream/functions/stream-socket-shutdown.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..875f009499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reference/stream/functions/stream-socket-shutdown.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<refentry id="function.stream-socket-shutdown">
+ <refnamediv>
+  <refname>stream_socket_shutdown</refname>
+  <refpurpose>Shutdown a full-duplex connection</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+ <refsect1 role="description">
+  &reftitle.description;
+  <methodsynopsis>
+   <type>int</type><methodname>stream_socket_shutdown</methodname>
+   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>stream</parameter></methodparam>
+   <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>how</parameter></methodparam>
+  </methodsynopsis>
+  <para>
+   Shutdowns (partially or not) a full-duplex connection.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="parameters">
+  &reftitle.parameters;
+  <para>
+   <variablelist>
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term><parameter>stream</parameter></term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       An open stream (opened with <function>stream_socket_client</function>,
+       for example)
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term><parameter>how</parameter></term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       One of the following constants: <constant>STREAM_SHUT_RD</constant>
+       (disable further receptions), <constant>STREAM_SHUT_WR</constant>
+       (disable further transmissions) or
+       <constant>STREAM_SHUT_RDWR</constant> (disable further receptions and
+       transmissions).
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+   </variablelist>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
+  &reftitle.returnvalues;
+  <para>
+   &return.success;
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="examples">
+  &reftitle.examples;
+  <para>
+   <example>
+    <title>A <function>stream_socket_shutdown</function> example</title>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+
+$server = stream_socket_server('tcp://127.0.0.1:1337');
+$client = stream_socket_client('tcp://127.0.0.1:1337');
+
+var_dump(fputs($client, "hello"));
+
+stream_socket_shutdown($client, STREAM_SHUT_WR);
+var_dump(fputs($client, "hello")); // doesn't work now
+
+?>
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+    &example.outputs.similar;
+    <screen>
+<![CDATA[
+int(5)
+
+Notice: fputs(): send of 5 bytes failed with errno=32 Broken pipe in test.php on line 9
+int(0)
+]]>
+    </screen>
+   </example>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="seealso">
+  &reftitle.seealso;
+  <para>
+   <simplelist>
+    <member><function>fclose</function></member>
+   </simplelist>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>
+
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