diff --git a/reference/memcache/functions/memcache-addserver.xml b/reference/memcache/functions/memcache-addserver.xml
index f47f94a259..bc8b59cc0d 100644
--- a/reference/memcache/functions/memcache-addserver.xml
+++ b/reference/memcache/functions/memcache-addserver.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
 <refentry id="function.Memcache-addServer">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>Memcache::addServer</refname>
@@ -22,14 +22,19 @@
   
   <para>
    <function>Memcache::addServer</function> adds a server to the connection 
-   pool. The actual connection is established on first use.
-   The connection, which was opened using
-   <function>Memcache::addServer</function> will be automatically closed at the
-   end of script execution. Also you can close it with
-   <function>Memcache::close</function>.
+   pool. The connection, which was opened using <function>Memcache::addServer</function> 
+   will be automatically closed at the end of script execution, you can also close it 
+   manually with <function>Memcache::close</function>. 
    You can also use the <function>memcache_add_server</function> function.
   </para>
   
+  <para>
+   When using this method (as opposed to <function>Memcache::connect()</function> and 
+   <function>Memcache::pconnect()</function>) the network connection is not established 
+   until actually needed. Thus there is no overhead in adding a large number of servers 
+   to the pool, even though they might not all be used.
+  </para>
+  
   <para>
    Failover may occur at any stage in any of the methods, as long as other 
    servers are available the request the user won't notice. Any kind of