diff --git a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-connect.xml b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-connect.xml
index a3a11a9a34..1883df4d64 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-connect.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-connect.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/mysql.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.mysql-connect">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
     $link = mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password")
-        or die("Could not connect");
+        or die("Could not connect: " . mysql_error());
     print ("Connected successfully");
     mysql_close($link);
 ?>