diff --git a/reference/oci8/functions/oci-execute.xml b/reference/oci8/functions/oci-execute.xml
index 413c9e627c..cd69938724 100644
--- a/reference/oci8/functions/oci-execute.xml
+++ b/reference/oci8/functions/oci-execute.xml
@@ -96,6 +96,33 @@
 
  <refsect1 role="examples">
   &reftitle.examples;
+  <para>
+   <example>
+    <title><function>oci_execute</function> for queries</title>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+
+$connection = oci_connect("hr", "welcome", "localhost/XE");
+
+$statement = oci_parse($connection, "SELECT * FROM employees");
+oci_execute($statement);
+
+echo "<table border='1'>\n";
+while ($row = oci_fetch_array($statement, OCI_ASSOC+OCI_RETURN_NULLS)) {
+    echo "<tr>\n";
+    foreach ($row as $item) {
+        echo "    <td>".($item!==null?htmlentities($item, ENT_QUOTES):"&nbsp;")."</td>\n";
+    }
+    echo "</tr>\n";
+}
+echo "</table>\n";
+
+?>
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+   </example>
+  </para>
   <para>
    <example>
     <title><function>oci_execute</function> without specifying a mode example</title>
@@ -191,6 +218,15 @@ for ($i = 1; $i <= oci_num_fields($statement); ++$i) {
     commit any uncommitted transaction.
    </para>
   </note>
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    Because the <function>oci_execute</function> function generally
+    sends the statement to the
+    database, <function>oci_execute</function> can identify some
+    statement syntax errors that the lightweight,
+    local <function>oci_parse</function> function does not.
+   </para>
+  </note>
   <note>
    <para>
     In PHP versions before 5.0.0 you must