diff --git a/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-connection-status.xml b/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-connection-status.xml
index 12dd332a5e..6e2ac2997e 100644
--- a/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-connection-status.xml
+++ b/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-connection-status.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/pgsql.xml, last change in rev 1.82 -->
   <refentry id='function.pg-connection-status'>
    <refnamediv>
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@
       <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>connection</parameter></methodparam>
      </methodsynopsis>
     <para>
-     <function>pg_connection_status</function> returns a connection
-     status. Possible statuses are <literal>PGSQL_CONNECTION_OK</literal>
-     and <literal>PGSQL_CONNECTION_BAD</literal>.
+     <function>pg_connection_status</function> returns a connection status. 
+     Possible statuses are <literal>PGSQL_CONNECTION_OK</literal> and
+     <literal>PGSQL_CONNECTION_BAD</literal>. The return value 0 as
+     integer indicates a valid connection.
     </para>
     <para>
      <example>
@@ -27,7 +28,12 @@
 <?php
     $dbconn = pg_connect("dbname=publisher") or die("Could not connect");
     $stat = pg_connection_status($dbconn);
-    echo 'connection_status: '.$stat;
+    if ($stat === 0) {
+        echo 'Connection status ok';
+    } 
+    else {
+        echo 'Connection status bad';
+    }    
 ?>
 ]]>
       </programlisting>