diff --git a/reference/simplexml/simplexmlelement.xml b/reference/simplexml/simplexmlelement.xml
index 8c6052d4ba..027050f732 100644
--- a/reference/simplexml/simplexmlelement.xml
+++ b/reference/simplexml/simplexmlelement.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
      <oointerface>
       <interfacename>Traversable</interfacename>
      </oointerface>
+
+     <oointerface>
+      <interfacename>ArrayAccess</interfacename>
+     </oointerface>
+
     </classsynopsisinfo>
 <!-- }}} -->
  
@@ -41,6 +46,34 @@
  
   </section>
  
+  <section role="changelog"><!-- {{{ -->
+   &reftitle.changelog;
+   <para>
+    <informaltable>
+     <tgroup cols="2">
+      <thead>
+       <row>
+        <entry>&Version;</entry>
+        <entry>&Description;</entry>
+       </row>
+      </thead>
+      <tbody>
+       <row>
+        <entry>&version.trunk.changelog;</entry>
+        <entry>
+         Implements <interfacename>ArrayAccess</interfacename>.
+         Previously, the same array-style access of attributes and elements
+         was possible without <classname>SimpleXMLElement</classname>
+         explicitly implementing the
+         <interfacename>ArrayAccess</interfacename> interface.
+        </entry>
+       </row>
+      </tbody>
+     </tgroup>
+    </informaltable>
+   </para>
+  </section><!-- }}} -->
+
  </partintro>
  
  &reference.simplexml.entities.simplexmlelement;
diff --git a/reference/spl/simplexmliterator.xml b/reference/spl/simplexmliterator.xml
index df97d45668..fb40071786 100644
--- a/reference/spl/simplexmliterator.xml
+++ b/reference/spl/simplexmliterator.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@
       <interfacename>Countable</interfacename>
      </oointerface>
 
+     <oointerface>
+      <interfacename>ArrayAccess</interfacename>
+     </oointerface>
+
     </classsynopsisinfo>
 <!-- }}} -->