diff --git a/reference/soap/functions/soap-soapclient-construct.xml b/reference/soap/functions/soap-soapclient-construct.xml
index 773b4b70d4..a594f3079c 100644
--- a/reference/soap/functions/soap-soapclient-construct.xml
+++ b/reference/soap/functions/soap-soapclient-construct.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='iso-8859-1'?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
 <refentry id="function.soap-soapclient-construct">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>SoapClient->__construct()</refname>
@@ -77,8 +77,27 @@
        as keys and names of PHP classes as values.
       </para>
       <para>
-       The <literal>trace</literal> and <literal>exceptions</literal> options
-       are useful for debuging purpose.
+       Setting the boolean <literal>trace</literal> option enables use of the
+       methods <link linkend="function.soap-soapclient-getlastrequest">
+       SoapClient->__getLastRequest</link>, 
+       <link linkend="function.soap-soapclient-getlastrequestheaders">
+       SoapClient->__getLastRequestHeaders</link>,
+       <link linkend="function.soap-soapclient-getlastresponse">
+       SoapClient->__getLastResponse</link> and
+       <link linkend="function.soap-soapclient-getlastresponseheaders">
+       SoapClient->__getLastResponseHeaders</link>.
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       The <literal>exceptions</literal> option is a boolean value defining whether
+       soap errors throw exceptions of type <link linkend="function.soap-soapfault-construct">
+       SoapFault</link>.
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       The <literal>connection_timeout</literal> option defines a timeout in seconds 
+       for the connection to the SOAP service. This option does not define a timeout
+       for services with slow responses. To limit the time to wait for calls to finish the 
+       <link linkend="ini.default-socket-timeout">default_socket_timeout</link> setting
+       is available.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>