diff --git a/reference/ftp/functions/ftp-nlist.xml b/reference/ftp/functions/ftp-nlist.xml
index 2ce23370ec..5b009df336 100644
--- a/reference/ftp/functions/ftp-nlist.xml
+++ b/reference/ftp/functions/ftp-nlist.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.10 $ -->
 <refentry id="function.ftp-nlist">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>ftp_nlist</refname>
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@
      <term><parameter>directory</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       The listed directory.
+       The directory to be listed. This parameter can also include arguments, eg.
+       ftp_nlist($conn_id, "-la /your/dir");
+       Note that this parameter isn't escaped so there may be some issues with
+       filenames containing spaces and other characters. 
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
diff --git a/reference/ftp/functions/ftp-site.xml b/reference/ftp/functions/ftp-site.xml
index 128df51a5c..67052f3313 100644
--- a/reference/ftp/functions/ftp-site.xml
+++ b/reference/ftp/functions/ftp-site.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
 <refentry id="function.ftp-site">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>ftp_site</refname>
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
      <term><parameter>command</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       The SITE command.
+       The SITE command. Note that this parameter isn't escaped so there may
+       be some issues with filenames containing spaces and other characters.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>