diff --git a/reference/errorfunc/functions/error-log.xml b/reference/errorfunc/functions/error-log.xml
index e6d5d469fa..d860d521f5 100644
--- a/reference/errorfunc/functions/error-log.xml
+++ b/reference/errorfunc/functions/error-log.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/errorfunc.xml, last change in rev 1.1 -->
   <refentry id="function.error-log">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
           <parameter>message</parameter> is sent to PHP's system logger, using
           the Operating System's system logging mechanism or a file, depending
           on what the <link linkend="ini.error-log">error_log</link>
-          configuration directive is set to.
+          configuration directive is set to.  This is the default option.
          </entry>
         </row>
         <row>
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@
       </tgroup>
      </table>
     </para>
+    <note>
+     <simpara>
+      When explicitly specifying the <parameter>message_type</parameter> as
+      <literal>3</literal>, a newline is not automatically added to the end of
+      the <parameter>message</parameter> string.
+     </simpara>
+    </note>
     <warning>
      <para>
       Remote debugging via TCP/IP is a PHP 3 feature that is