diff --git a/language/predefined/closure.xml b/language/predefined/closure.xml
index 5f1fe0ac43..8c9f8a3f52 100644
--- a/language/predefined/closure.xml
+++ b/language/predefined/closure.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
  &language.predefined.closure.bind;
  &language.predefined.closure.bindto;
  &language.predefined.closure.call;
+ &language.predefined.closure.fromcallable;
 
 </phpdoc:classref>
 
diff --git a/language/predefined/closure/fromcallable.xml b/language/predefined/closure/fromcallable.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c010b6d99d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/language/predefined/closure/fromcallable.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- $:Revision: 299459 $ -->
+
+<refentry xml:id="closure.fromcallable" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+ <refnamediv>
+  <refname>Closure::fromCallable</refname>
+  <refpurpose>Converts a callable into a closure.</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsect1 role="description">
+  &reftitle.description;
+  <methodsynopsis>
+   <modifier>public</modifier> <modifier>static</modifier> <type>Closure</type><methodname>Closure::fromCallable</methodname>
+   <methodparam><type>callable</type><parameter>callable</parameter></methodparam>
+  </methodsynopsis>
+  <para>
+   Create and return a new <link linkend="functions.anonymous">anonymous
+   function</link> from given <parameter>callable</parameter> using the
+   current scope. This method checks if the <parameter>callable</parameter> is
+   callable in the current scope and throws a <classname>TypeError</classname>
+   if it is not.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="parameters">
+  &reftitle.parameters;
+  <variablelist>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><parameter>callable</parameter></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      The callable to convert.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+  </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
+  &reftitle.returnvalues;
+  <para>
+   Returns the newly created <classname>Closure</classname> or throws a
+   <classname>TypeError</classname> if the <parameter>callable</parameter> is
+   not callable in the current scope.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>
+
+<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
+Local variables:
+mode: sgml
+sgml-omittag:t
+sgml-shorttag:t
+sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
+sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
+sgml-indent-step:1
+sgml-indent-data:t
+indent-tabs-mode:nil
+sgml-parent-document:nil
+sgml-default-dtd-file:"~/.phpdoc/manual.ced"
+sgml-exposed-tags:nil
+sgml-local-catalogs:nil
+sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
+End:
+vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
+vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
+vi: ts=1 sw=1
+-->
+
diff --git a/language/predefined/versions.xml b/language/predefined/versions.xml
index abfaf14da6..2bb7d54388 100644
--- a/language/predefined/versions.xml
+++ b/language/predefined/versions.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
  <function name="closure::bind" from="PHP 5 &gt;= 5.4.0, PHP 7"/>
  <function name="closure::bindto" from="PHP 5 &gt;= 5.4.0, PHP 7"/>
  <function name="closure::call" from="PHP 7"/>
+ <function name="closure::fromcallable" from="PHP 7 &gt;= 7.1.0"/>
 
  <function name="namespaces" from="PHP 5 &gt;= 5.3.0, PHP 7"/>
  <function name="generators" from="PHP 5 &gt;= 5.5.0, PHP 7"/>