diff --git a/language/oop5/autoload.xml b/language/oop5/autoload.xml
index 2ae83f25af..824c3fc2c0 100644
--- a/language/oop5/autoload.xml
+++ b/language/oop5/autoload.xml
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 <!-- $Revision$ -->
  <sect1 xml:id="language.oop5.autoload" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
   <title>Autoloading Classes</title>
-  <methodsynopsis xml:id="function.autoload">
-   <type>void</type><methodname>__autoload</methodname>
-   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>class</parameter></methodparam>
-  </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
    Many developers writing object-oriented applications create
    one PHP source file per-class definition. One of the biggest
@@ -14,7 +10,7 @@
   </para>
   <para>
    In PHP 5, this is no longer necessary. You may define an
-   __autoload function which is automatically
+   <function>__autoload</function> function which is automatically
    called in case you are trying to use a class/interface which hasn't been
    defined yet. By calling this function the scripting engine is given
    a last chance to load the class before PHP fails with an error.
diff --git a/reference/classobj/functions/autoload.xml b/reference/classobj/functions/autoload.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc3488bd50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reference/classobj/functions/autoload.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- $Revision$ -->
+
+<refentry xml:id="function.autoload" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+ <refnamediv>
+  <refname>__autoload</refname>
+  <refpurpose>Attempt to load undefined class</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsect1 role="description">
+  &reftitle.description;
+  <methodsynopsis>
+   <type>void</type><methodname>__autoload</methodname>
+   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>class</parameter></methodparam>
+  </methodsynopsis>
+  <para>
+   You can define this function to enable <link
+   linkend="language.oop5.autoload">classes autoloading</link>.
+  </para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="parameters">
+  &reftitle.parameters;
+  <variablelist>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><parameter>class</parameter></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      Name of the class to load
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+  </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
+  &reftitle.returnvalues;
+  <para>
+   &return.void;
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="seealso">
+  &reftitle.seealso;
+  <para>
+   <simplelist>
+    <member><function>spl_autoload_register</function></member>
+   </simplelist>
+  </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/reference/spl/functions/spl-autoload-register.xml b/reference/spl/functions/spl-autoload-register.xml
index 010afdf885..f2ed009485 100644
--- a/reference/spl/functions/spl-autoload-register.xml
+++ b/reference/spl/functions/spl-autoload-register.xml
@@ -140,6 +140,16 @@ Fatal error: Class 'Foobar\InexistentClass' not found in ...
    </example>
   </para>
  </refsect1>
+ 
+ <refsect1 role="seealso">
+  &reftitle.seealso;
+  <para>
+   <simplelist>
+    <member><function>__autoload</function></member>
+   </simplelist>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
 </refentry>
 
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