Documentd db->close()
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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