diff --git a/reference/oracle/functions/ora-fetch-into.xml b/reference/oracle/functions/ora-fetch-into.xml
index 5034a75697..023c3e7fed 100644
--- a/reference/oracle/functions/ora-fetch-into.xml
+++ b/reference/oracle/functions/ora-fetch-into.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/oracle.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.ora-fetch-into">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -17,21 +17,31 @@
        </parameter></methodparam>
      </methodsynopsis>
     <para>
-     You can fetch a row into an array with this function.
+     Fetches a row of data into an array. The <parameter>flags</parameter>
+     has two flag values: if the <constant>ORA_FETCHINTO_NULLS</constant>
+     flag is set, columns with <constant>NULL</constant> values are set
+     in the array; and if the <constant>ORA_FETCHINTO_ASSOC</constant>
+     flag is set, an associative array is created.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     Returns the number of columns fetched.
+    </para>
+    <para>
      <example>
-      <title>Oracle fetch into array</title>
+      <title><function>ora_fetch_into()</function></title>
       <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-array($results);
-ora_fetch_into($cursor, &$results);
+$results = array();
+ora_fetch_into($cursor, $results);
 echo $results[0];
 echo $results[1];
+ora_fetch_into($cursor, $results, ORA_FETCHINTO_NULLS|ORA_FETCHINTO_ASSOC);
+echo $results['MyColumn'];
 ?>
 ]]>
       </programlisting>
      </example>
-     Note that you need to fetch the array by reference.
     </para>
     <simpara>
      See also <function>ora_parse</function>,<function>ora_exec</function>,