diff --git a/reference/mysqli/mysqli/connect.xml b/reference/mysqli/mysqli/connect.xml
index 1e8350f8f3..dc17358985 100644
--- a/reference/mysqli/mysqli/connect.xml
+++ b/reference/mysqli/mysqli/connect.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="mysqli.connect" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>mysqli::__construct</refname>
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@
        assumed. When possible, pipes will be used instead of the TCP/IP
        protocol.
       </para>
+      <para>
+       Prepending host by <literal>p:</literal> opens a persistent connection.
+       <function>mysqli_change_user</function> is automatically called on
+       connections opened from the connection pool.
+      </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     <varlistentry>
@@ -113,6 +118,30 @@
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
+ <refsect1 role="changelog">
+  &reftitle.changelog;
+  <para>
+   <informaltable>
+    <tgroup cols="2">
+     <thead>
+      <row>
+       <entry>&Version;</entry>
+       <entry>&Description;</entry>
+      </row>
+     </thead>
+     <tbody>
+      <row>
+       <entry>5.3.0</entry>
+       <entry>
+        Added the ability of persistent connections.
+       </entry>
+      </row>
+     </tbody>
+    </tgroup>
+   </informaltable>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
  <refsect1 role="examples">
   &reftitle.examples;
   <example>