diff --git a/reference/var/functions/empty.xml b/reference/var/functions/empty.xml
index 04b459d85f..990594d058 100644
--- a/reference/var/functions/empty.xml
+++ b/reference/var/functions/empty.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/var.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.empty">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
      <function>empty</function> returns &false; if
      <parameter>var</parameter> has a non-empty and non-zero value.  In
      otherwords, <literal>""</literal>, <literal>0</literal>,
-     <literal>"0"</literal>, &null;, &false;, <literal>array()</literal>,
-     <literal>var $var;</literal>, and objects with empty properties, are
-     all considered empty.  &true; is returned if <parameter>var</parameter>
-     is empty.  
+     <literal>"0"</literal>, &null;, &false;, <literal>array()</literal>, and
+     <literal>var $var;</literal> are all considered empty. In PHP 4 and
+     earlier also objects with empty properties are considered empty while
+     not in PHP 5. &true; is returned if <parameter>var</parameter> is empty.
     </para>
     <para>
      <function>empty</function> is the opposite of