diff --git a/reference/dom/domdocument/loadxml.xml b/reference/dom/domdocument/loadxml.xml
index 5e982a4b794c..6e9fe86d1a7f 100644
--- a/reference/dom/domdocument/loadxml.xml
+++ b/reference/dom/domdocument/loadxml.xml
@@ -51,11 +51,10 @@
  </refsect1>
  <refsect1 role="errors">
   &reftitle.errors;
-  <para>
-   If an empty string is passed as the <parameter>source</parameter>,
-   a warning will be generated. This warning is not generated by libxml
-   and cannot be handled using libxml's error handling functions.
-  </para>
+  <simpara>
+   Throws a <exceptionname>ValueError</exceptionname> if <parameter>source</parameter>
+   is an empty string.
+  </simpara>
  </refsect1>
  <refsect1 role="changelog">
   &reftitle.changelog;
@@ -74,6 +73,14 @@
        This function now has a tentative <type>bool</type> return type.
       </entry>
      </row>
+     <row>
+      <entry>8.0.0</entry>
+      <entry>
+       Passing an empty string as <parameter>source</parameter> now throws a
+       <exceptionname>ValueError</exceptionname>; previously, an <constant>E_WARNING</constant>
+       was raised and &false; was returned.
+      </entry>
+     </row>
      <row>
       <entry>8.0.0</entry>
       <entry>