Documentd db->close()
diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index ceb016c..ba7ab2b 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 	<li>Database
 		<ul>
 			<li>Semantic change to db->version() function to allow a list of exceptions for databases with functions to return version string instead of specially formed SQL queries. Currently this list only includes Oracle and SQLite.</li>
+			<li>Documentd db->close().</li>
 		</ul>
 	</li>
 	<li>Helpers
diff --git a/user_guide/database/connecting.html b/user_guide/database/connecting.html
index fb76628..217a235 100644
--- a/user_guide/database/connecting.html
+++ b/user_guide/database/connecting.html
@@ -164,9 +164,11 @@
 
 <code>$this->db->reconnect();</code>
 
+<h2>Manually closing the Connection</h2>
 
-	
+<p>While CodeIgniter intelligently takes care of closing your database connections, you can explicitly close the connection.</p>
 
+<code>$this->db->close();</code>
 </div>
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