diff --git a/reference/curl/functions/curl-setopt.xml b/reference/curl/functions/curl-setopt.xml
index 8904edb6da..cc82888edf 100644
--- a/reference/curl/functions/curl-setopt.xml
+++ b/reference/curl/functions/curl-setopt.xml
@@ -867,14 +867,20 @@
           <row>
            <entry valign="top"><constant>CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS</constant></entry>
            <entry valign="top">
-            The full data to post in a HTTP "POST" operation.
-            To post a file, prepend a filename with <literal>@</literal> and
-            use the full path. This can either be passed as a urlencoded 
-            string like '<literal>para1=val1&amp;para2=val2&amp;...</literal>' 
-            or as an array with the field name as key and field data as value.
-            If <parameter>value</parameter> is an array, the
-            <literal>Content-Type</literal> header will be set to
-            <literal>multipart/form-data</literal>.
+            <simpara>
+             The full data to post in a HTTP "POST" operation.
+             To post a file, prepend a filename with <literal>@</literal> and
+             use the full path. This can either be passed as a urlencoded 
+             string like '<literal>para1=val1&amp;para2=val2&amp;...</literal>' 
+             or as an array with the field name as key and field data as value.
+             If <parameter>value</parameter> is an array, the
+             <literal>Content-Type</literal> header will be set to
+             <literal>multipart/form-data</literal>.
+            </simpara>
+            <simpara>
+             As of PHP 5.2.0, files thats passed to this option with the 
+             <literal>@</literal> prefix must be in array form to work.
+            </simpara>
            </entry>
            <entry valign="top">
            </entry>