diff --git a/reference/network/functions/fsockopen.xml b/reference/network/functions/fsockopen.xml
index 782fe5fdb4..151b58adfc 100644
--- a/reference/network/functions/fsockopen.xml
+++ b/reference/network/functions/fsockopen.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/network.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.fsockopen">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ $fp = fsockopen ("www.example.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30);
 if (!$fp) {
     echo "$errstr ($errno)<br>\n";
 } else {
-    fputs ($fp, "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: www.example.com\r\n\r\n");
+    $out = "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n";
+    $out .= "Host: www.example.com\r\n";
+    $out .= "Connection: Close\r\n\r\n";
+
+    fputs ($fp, $out);
     while (!feof($fp)) {
         echo fgets ($fp,128);
     }