diff --git a/reference/tidy/functions/tidynode-getparent.xml b/reference/tidy/functions/tidynode-getparent.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..340b3ae201
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+++ b/reference/tidy/functions/tidynode-getparent.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<refentry id="function.tidynode-getparent">
+ <refnamediv>
+  <refname>tidyNode::getParent</refname>
+  <refpurpose>returns the parent node of the current node</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsect1 role="description">
+  &reftitle.description;
+  <methodsynopsis>
+   <type>tidyNode</type><methodname>tidyNode::getParent</methodname>
+   <void/>
+  </methodsynopsis>
+  <para>
+   Returns the parent node of the current node.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
+  &reftitle.returnvalues;
+  <para>
+   Returns a <type>tidyNode</type> if the node has a parent, or &null;
+   otherwise.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>
+
+<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
+Local variables:
+mode: sgml
+sgml-omittag:t
+sgml-shorttag:t
+sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
+sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
+sgml-indent-step:1
+sgml-indent-data:t
+indent-tabs-mode:nil
+sgml-parent-document:nil
+sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../../manual.ced"
+sgml-exposed-tags:nil
+sgml-local-catalogs:nil
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+End:
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+vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
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diff --git a/reference/tidy/reference.xml b/reference/tidy/reference.xml
index aefda76f6d..a7cfe2685d 100644
--- a/reference/tidy/reference.xml
+++ b/reference/tidy/reference.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='iso-8859-1'?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.10 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.11 $ -->
 <!-- Purpose: basic.other -->
 <!-- Membership: pecl, bundled, external -->
 
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@
       &reftitle.methods;
       <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
-        <para><xref linkend='function.tidyNode-hasChildren' /> - Returns &true; if the current node has childrens</para>
+        <para><xref linkend='function.tidynode-getparent' /> - Returns the parent of the current node</para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+        <para><xref linkend='function.tidyNode-hasChildren' /> - Returns &true; if the current node has children</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
         <para><xref linkend='function.tidyNode-hasSiblings' /> - Returns &true; if the current node has siblings</para>