diff --git a/reference/url/functions/parse-url.xml b/reference/url/functions/parse-url.xml
index a0ca4c1256..7432e0d1fb 100644
--- a/reference/url/functions/parse-url.xml
+++ b/reference/url/functions/parse-url.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/url.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.parse-url">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
       <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>url</parameter></methodparam>
      </methodsynopsis>
     <para>
-     This function returns an associative array returning any of the
-     various components of the URL that are present. This includes the
+     This function returns an associative array containing any of the
+     various components of the URL that are present. iF one of them is
+     missing, no entry will be created for it. The components are :
     <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
       <simpara>
@@ -64,6 +65,11 @@
      urls are also accepted, <function>parse_url</function> tries its best to
      parse them correctly.
     </para>
+    <note>
+     <para>
+      This function doesn't work with relative urls.
+     </para>
+    </note>
     <example>
      <title><function>parse_url</function> example</title>
      <screen>