diff --git a/reference/imap/functions/imap-getmailboxes.xml b/reference/imap/functions/imap-getmailboxes.xml
index 3ebb1a6c81..0d027b68b4 100644
--- a/reference/imap/functions/imap-getmailboxes.xml
+++ b/reference/imap/functions/imap-getmailboxes.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.11 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.12 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="function.imap-getmailboxes" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>imap_getmailboxes</refname>
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@
    <itemizedlist>
     <listitem>
      <simpara>
-      <constant>LATT_NOINFERIORS</constant> - This mailbox has no
-      "children" (there are no mailboxes below this one).
+      <constant>LATT_NOINFERIORS</constant> - This mailbox contains, and may not contain any
+      "children" (there are no mailboxes below this one). Calling 
+      <member><function>imap_createmailbox</function></member> will not work on this mailbox.
      </simpara>
     </listitem>
    <listitem>
@@ -78,14 +79,16 @@
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
      <simpara>
-      <constant>LATT_MARKED</constant> - This mailbox is marked.
-      Only used by UW-IMAPD.
+      <constant>LATT_MARKED</constant> - This mailbox is marked. This means that it may 
+      contain new messages since the last time it was checked. Not provided by all IMAP
+      servers.
      </simpara>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
      <simpara>
-      <constant>LATT_UNMARKED</constant> - This mailbox is not marked.
-      Only used by UW-IMAPD.
+      <constant>LATT_UNMARKED</constant> - This mailbox is not marked, does not contain new
+      messages.  If either MARKED or UNMARKED is provided, you can assume the IMAP server 
+      supports this feature for this mailbox. 
      </simpara>
     </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>