diff --git a/reference/mongodb/mongodb/driver/manager/construct.xml b/reference/mongodb/mongodb/driver/manager/construct.xml
index 27d21d4550..4de1341db1 100644
--- a/reference/mongodb/mongodb/driver/manager/construct.xml
+++ b/reference/mongodb/mongodb/driver/manager/construct.xml
@@ -280,14 +280,6 @@ mongodb://[username:password@]host1[:port1][,host2[:port2],...[,hostN[:portN]]][
             parameter. Defaults to <literal>"primary"</literal>. For
             details, see <classname>MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference</classname>.
            </para>
-           <note>
-            <simpara>
-             This accepts a string value (e.g. <literal>"primary"</literal>,
-             <literal>"secondaryPreferred"</literal>), unlike
-             <function>MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference::__construct</function>,
-             which takes an integer.
-            </simpara>
-           </note>
           </entry>
          </row>
          <row>
diff --git a/reference/mongodb/mongodb/driver/readpreference/construct.xml b/reference/mongodb/mongodb/driver/readpreference/construct.xml
index dc787386c3..303fcc2c3a 100644
--- a/reference/mongodb/mongodb/driver/readpreference/construct.xml
+++ b/reference/mongodb/mongodb/driver/readpreference/construct.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   &reftitle.description;
   <methodsynopsis>
    <modifier>final</modifier> <modifier>public</modifier> <methodname>MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference::__construct</methodname>
-   <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>mode</parameter></methodparam>
+   <methodparam><type>string|int</type><parameter>mode</parameter></methodparam>
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type>array</type><parameter>tagSets</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type>array</type><parameter>options</parameter><initializer>[]</initializer></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         </thead>
         <tbody>
          <row>
-          <entry><constant>MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference::RP_PRIMARY</constant></entry>
+          <entry><constant>MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference::RP_PRIMARY</constant> or <literal>"primary"</literal></entry>
           <entry>
            <para>
             All operations read from the current replica set primary. This is
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
           </entry>
          </row>
          <row>
-          <entry><constant>MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference::RP_PRIMARY_PREFERRED</constant></entry>
+          <entry><constant>MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference::RP_PRIMARY_PREFERRED</constant> or <literal>"primaryPreferred"</literal></entry>
           <entry>
            <para>
             In most situations, operations read from the primary but if it is
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
           </entry>
          </row>
          <row>
-          <entry><constant>MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference::RP_SECONDARY</constant></entry>
+          <entry><constant>MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference::RP_SECONDARY</constant> or <literal>"secondary"</literal></entry>
           <entry>
            <para>
             All operations read from the secondary members of the replica set.
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
           </entry>
          </row>
          <row>
-          <entry><constant>MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference::RP_SECONDARY_PREFERRED</constant></entry>
+          <entry><constant>MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference::RP_SECONDARY_PREFERRED</constant> or <literal>"secondaryPreferred"</literal></entry>
           <entry>
            <para>
             In most situations, operations read from secondary members but if no
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
           </entry>
          </row>
          <row>
-          <entry><constant>MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference::RP_NEAREST</constant></entry>
+          <entry><constant>MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference::RP_NEAREST</constant> or <literal>"nearest"</literal></entry>
           <entry>
            <para>
             Operations read from member of the replica set with the least
@@ -187,6 +187,16 @@
       </row>
      </thead>
      <tbody>
+      <row>
+       <entry>1.3.0</entry>
+       <entry>
+        <para>
+         The <parameter>mode</parameter> argument now accepts a string value,
+         which is consistent with the <literal>"readPreference"</literal> URI
+         option for <function>MongoDB\Driver\Manager::__construct</function>.
+        </para>
+       </entry>
+      </row>
       <row>
        <entry>1.2.0</entry>
        <entry>