diff --git a/reference/filesystem/ini.xml b/reference/filesystem/ini.xml
index e6af2adb60..06e9dc16b2 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/ini.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/ini.xml
@@ -156,7 +156,9 @@
     </term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      Define the anonymous ftp password (your email address).
+      The email address to be used on unauthenticated FTP connections and
+      as the value of From header for HTTP connections, when using the ftp
+      and http wrappers, respectively.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>