diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/fgets.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/fgets.xml
index ffb672bbf3..5acd781d8f 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/fgets.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/fgets.xml
@@ -102,10 +102,12 @@
 <?php
 $handle = @fopen("/tmp/inputfile.txt", "r");
 if ($handle) {
-    while (!feof($handle)) {
-        $buffer = fgets($handle, 4096);
+    while (($buffer = fgets($handle, 4096)) !== false) {
         echo $buffer;
     }
+    if (!feof($handle)) {
+        echo "Error: unexpected fgets() fail\n";
+    }
     fclose($handle);
 }
 ?>