--- reference.xml	7 May 2003 21:31:30 -0000	1.7
+++ reference.xml	27 Nov 2003 13:17:07 -0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
  <reference id="ref.recode">
   <title>GNU Recode functions</title>
   <titleabbrev>Recode</titleabbrev>
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@
      are supported.
     </para>
     &note.no-windows.extension;
+    <warning>
+     <para>
+      Recode library adds weird characters behind converted strings under
+      certain circumstances. Thus it's safer to use
+      <link linkend="ref.iconv">iconv</link> or
+      <link linkend="ref.mbstring">mbstring</link> extension.
+     </para>
+    </warning>
    </section>
 
    <section id="recode.requirements">