diff --git a/language/types.xml b/language/types.xml
index 10dcb6e831..62ca309c17 100644
--- a/language/types.xml
+++ b/language/types.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.184 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.185 $ -->
  <chapter xml:id="language.types" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
   <title>Types</title>
 
@@ -1140,6 +1140,12 @@ $third = $str{2};
        </programlisting>
       </example>
      </para>
+     <note>
+      <para>
+       Accessing by <literal>[]</literal> or <literal>{}</literal> to
+       variables of other type silently returns &null;.
+      </para>
+     </note>
     </sect3>
 
    </sect2><!-- end syntax -->