diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/addslashes.xml b/reference/strings/functions/addslashes.xml
index 3de878c220..e1fbba8576 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/addslashes.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/addslashes.xml
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
   </para>
   <para>
    The PHP directive <link linkend="ini.magic-quotes-gpc">
-   magic_quotes_gpc</link> is <literal>on</literal> by default, and it
-   essentially runs <function>addslashes</function> on all GET, POST,
+   magic_quotes_gpc</link> was <literal>on</literal> by default before PHP 5.4, and it
+   essentially ran <function>addslashes</function> on all GET, POST,
    and COOKIE data.  Do not use <function>addslashes</function> on
    strings that have already been escaped with
    <link linkend="ini.magic-quotes-gpc">magic_quotes_gpc</link> as you'll
diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/stripslashes.xml b/reference/strings/functions/stripslashes.xml
index fb6d26cb39..053d3dc5be 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/stripslashes.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/stripslashes.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <para>
    An example use of <function>stripslashes</function> is when the PHP
    directive <link linkend="ini.magic-quotes-gpc">magic_quotes_gpc</link>
-   is <literal>on</literal> (it's on by default), and you aren't inserting
+   is <literal>on</literal> (it was on by default before PHP 5.4), and you aren't inserting
    this data into a place (such as a database) that requires escaping.
    For example, if you're simply outputting data straight from an HTML form.
   </para>