diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/parse-str.xml b/reference/strings/functions/parse-str.xml
index 7370b99b93..e54e7ee6be 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/parse-str.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/parse-str.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/strings.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.parse-str">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@
       <link linkend="language.variables.external">variables from outside of PHP</link>.
      </para>
     </note>
+    <note>
+     <para>
+      The <link linkend="ini.magic-quotes-gpc">magic_quotes_gpc</link> setting
+      affects the output of this function, as <function>parse_str</function> uses
+      the same mechanism that PHP uses to populate the <literal>$_GET</literal>,
+      <literal>$_POST</literal>, etc. variables.
+     </para>
+    </note>
     <para>
      <example>
       <title>Using <function>parse_str</function></title>