diff --git a/reference/session/ini.xml b/reference/session/ini.xml
index c64d9e10a0..a40bbcd3af 100644
--- a/reference/session/ini.xml
+++ b/reference/session/ini.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.15 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.16 $ -->
 <section id="session.configuration">
  &reftitle.runtime;
  &extension.runtime;
@@ -110,6 +110,16 @@
      <entry>"0"</entry>
      <entry>PHP_INI_SYSTEM | PHP_INI_PERDIR</entry>
     </row>
+    <row>
+     <entry>session.bug_compat_42</entry>
+     <entry>"1"</entry>
+     <entry>PHP_INI_ALL</entry>
+    </row>
+    <row>
+     <entry>session.bug_compat_warn</entry>
+     <entry>"1"</entry>
+     <entry>PHP_INI_ALL</entry>
+    </row>
     <row>
      <entry>url_rewriter.tags</entry>
      <entry>"a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=fakeentry"</entry>
@@ -488,6 +498,42 @@
     </note>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
+  
+  <varlistentry id="ini.session.bug-compat-42">
+   <term>
+    <parameter>session.bug_compat_42</parameter>
+    <type>boolean</type>
+   </term>
+   <listitem>
+    <simpara>
+     PHP versions 4.2.0 and lower have an undocumented feature/bug that
+     allows you to to initialize a session variable in the global scope,
+     albeit <link linkend="ini.register-globals">register_globals</link>
+     is disabled.  PHP 4.3.0 and later will warn you, if this feature is
+     used, and if <link linkend="ini.session.bug-compat-warn">
+     session.bug_compat_warn</link> is also enabled.  
+    </simpara>
+   </listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+  
+  <varlistentry id="ini.session.bug-compat-warn">
+   <term>
+    <parameter>session.bug_compat_warn</parameter>
+    <type>boolean</type>
+   </term>
+   <listitem>
+    <simpara>
+     PHP versions 4.2.0 and lower have an undocumented feature/bug that
+     allows you to to initialize a session variable in the global scope,
+     albeit <link linkend="ini.register-globals">register_globals</link>
+     is disabled.  PHP 4.3.0 and later will warn you, if this feature is
+     used by enabling both 
+     <link linkend="ini.session.bug-compat-42">session.bug_compat_42</link>
+     and <link linkend="ini.session.bug-compat-warn">
+     session.bug_compat_warn</link>.
+    </simpara>
+   </listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
 
   <varlistentry id="ini.url-rewriter.tags">
    <term>