diff --git a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-connect.xml b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-connect.xml
index a9c9d8ed9c..24446ce932 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: 1.15 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.16 $ -->
 <refentry id="function.mysql-connect">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>mysql_connect</refname>
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>client_flags</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
-   Opens or reuses a connection to a MySQL server. The link to the server will 
-   be closed as soon as the execution of the script ends, unless it's closed 
-   earlier by explicitly calling <function>mysql_close</function>.
+   Opens or reuses a connection to a MySQL server. 
   </para>
  </refsect1>