diff --git a/language/control-structures.xml b/language/control-structures.xml
index dc13f395d9..06fb4bf6f0 100644
--- a/language/control-structures.xml
+++ b/language/control-structures.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.169 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.170 $ -->
  <chapter xml:id="language.control-structures" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
   <title>Control Structures</title>
 
@@ -1186,7 +1186,9 @@ declare (directive)
    </para>
    <para>
     The <literal>declare</literal> construct can also be used in the global
-    scope, affecting all code following it.
+    scope, affecting all code following it (however if the file with
+    <literal>declare</literal> was included then it does not affect the parent
+    file).
     <informalexample>
      <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[