diff --git a/language/predefined/exception/getprevious.xml b/language/predefined/exception/getprevious.xml
index 79acb1e9ff..4a328e2a57 100644
--- a/language/predefined/exception/getprevious.xml
+++ b/language/predefined/exception/getprevious.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
 
 <refentry xml:id="exception.getprevious" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <refnamediv>
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
    <void />
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
-   Returns previous Exception (the third parameter of <link
-   linkend="exception.construct">Exception constructor</link>).
+   Returns previous Exception (the third parameter of <methodname>Exception::__construct</methodname>).
   </para>
  </refsect1>
  
@@ -31,6 +30,50 @@
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
+ <refsect1 role="examples">
+  &reftitle.examples;
+  <para>
+   <example>
+    <title><methodname>Exception::getPrevious</methodname> example</title>
+    <para>
+     Looping over, and printing out, exception trace.
+    </para>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+class MyCustomException extends Exception {}
+
+function doStuff() {
+    try {
+        throw new InvalidArgumentException("You are doing it wrong!", 112);
+    } catch(Exception $e) {
+        throw new MyCustomException("Something happend", 911, $e);
+    }
+}
+
+
+try {
+    doStuff();
+} catch(Exception $e) {
+    do {
+        printf("%s:%d %s (%d) [%s]\n", $e->getFile(), $e->getLine(), $e->getMessage(), $e->getCode(), get_class($e));
+    } while($e = $e->getPrevious());
+}
+?>
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+    &example.outputs.similar;
+    <screen>
+<![CDATA[
+/home/bjori/ex.php:8 Something happend (911) [MyCustomException]
+/home/bjori/ex.php:6 You are doing it wrong! (112) [InvalidArgumentException]
+]]>
+    </screen>
+   </example>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ 
+
 </refentry>
  
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