diff --git a/source/applications/database-references.txt b/source/applications/database-references.txt
index 2e409c01a2a..2a09589b4f3 100644
--- a/source/applications/database-references.txt
+++ b/source/applications/database-references.txt
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ Support
references manually or use the `MongoDBx::AutoDeref
`_ CPAN module.
+**PHP**
+ The PHP driver does support DBRefs, including the optional ``$db`` reference, through
+ `The MongoDBRef class `.
+
**Python**
The Python driver supports automatic resolution of DBRef
relationships, and provides the :api:`DBref class `,