diff --git a/reference/array/functions/count.xml b/reference/array/functions/count.xml
index 69c99defbb..ed3bb8ff63 100644
--- a/reference/array/functions/count.xml
+++ b/reference/array/functions/count.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.11 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.12 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/array.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.count">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
      will recursively count the array.  This is particularly useful for 
      counting all the elements of a multidimensional array.  The default
      value for <parameter>mode</parameter> is <literal>0</literal>.
+     <function>count</function> does not detect infinite recursion.
     </para>
     <caution>
      <para>
diff --git a/reference/var/functions/get-defined-vars.xml b/reference/var/functions/get-defined-vars.xml
index b96d9280ef..2f4ca0fb5e 100644
--- a/reference/var/functions/get-defined-vars.xml
+++ b/reference/var/functions/get-defined-vars.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/var.xml, last change in rev 1.34 -->
   <refentry id="function.get-defined-vars">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
     <para>
      This function returns an multidimensional array containing a list of
      all defined variables, be them environment, server or user-defined
-     variables.
+     variables, within the scope that <function>get_defined_vars</function> is
+     called. As of PHP 5, the $GLOBALS variable is included in the results of
+     the array returned.
     </para>
     <para>
      <informalexample>