diff --git a/reference/mysql/reference.xml b/reference/mysql/reference.xml
index 44e133e086..3bb01bebf7 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/reference.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/reference.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.15 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.16 $ -->
  <reference id="ref.mysql">
   <title>MySQL Functions</title>
   <titleabbrev>MySQL</titleabbrev>
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@
 <?php
     /* Connecting, selecting database */
     $link = mysql_connect("mysql_host", "mysql_user", "mysql_password")
-        or die("Could not connect");
+        or die("Could not connect : " . mysql_error());
     print "Connected successfully";
     mysql_select_db("my_database") or die("Could not select database");
 
     /* Performing SQL query */
     $query = "SELECT * FROM my_table";
-    $result = mysql_query($query) or die("Query failed");
+    $result = mysql_query($query) or die("Query failed : " . mysql_error());
 
     /* Printing results in HTML */
     print "<table>\n";