diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/fread.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/fread.xml
index 3c703b809e..cf80719929 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/fread.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/fread.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.25 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.26 $ -->
 <refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.fread">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>fread</refname>
@@ -160,6 +160,14 @@ fclose($handle);
     than the code above.
    </para>
   </note>
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    Note that <function>fread</function> reads from the current position of 
+    the file pointer. Use <function>ftell</function> to find the current 
+    position of the pointer and <function>rewind</function> to rewind the 
+    pointer position.
+   </para>
+  </note>
  </refsect1>
 
  <refsect1 role="seealso">
@@ -175,6 +183,8 @@ fclose($handle);
     <member><function>fscanf</function></member>
     <member><function>file</function></member>
     <member><function>fpassthru</function></member>
+    <member><function>ftell</function></member>
+    <member><function>rewind</function></member>
    </simplelist>
   </para>
  </refsect1>