diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index 07637db..7ce6727 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
     <li>Helpers
 		<ul>
 			<li>Added a <a href="helpers/compatibility_helper.html">Compatibility Helper</a> for using some common PHP 5 functions safely in applications that might run on PHP 4 servers (thanks Seppo for the hard work and code contribution!)</li>
+			<li>Added <kbd>symbolic_permissions()</kbd> and <kbd>octal_permissions()</kbd> to the <a href='helpers/file_helper.html'>File helper</a>.</li>
 			<li>Added <kbd>form_button()</kbd> in the <a href="helpers/form_helper.html">Form helper</a>.</li>
 			<li>Changed the radio() and checkbox() functions to default to not checked by default.</li>
 			<li>Added the ability to include an optional HTTP Response Code in the <kbd>redirect()</kbd> function of the <a href="helpers/url_helper.html">URL Helper</a>.</li>
diff --git a/user_guide/helpers/file_helper.html b/user_guide/helpers/file_helper.html
index 3fa9246..13d0beb 100644
--- a/user_guide/helpers/file_helper.html
+++ b/user_guide/helpers/file_helper.html
@@ -142,7 +142,25 @@
 echo $file . ' is has a mime type of ' . get_mime_by_extension($file);</code>
 </p>
 <p class="critical"><strong>Note:</strong> This is not an accurate way of determining file mime types, and is here strictly as a convenience. It should not be  used for security.</p>
+
+<h2>symbolic_permissions(<kbd>$perms</kbd>)</h2>
+
+<p>Takes numeric permissions (such as is returned by <kbd>fileperms()</kbd> and returns standard symbolic notation of file permissions.</p>
+
+<code>echo symbolic_permissions(fileperms('./index.php'));<br />
+<br />
+// -rw-r--r--</code>
+
+<h2>octal_permissions(<kbd>$perms</kbd>)</h2>
+
+<p>Takes numeric permissions (such as is returned by <kbd>fileperms()</kbd> and returns a three character octal notation of file permissions.</p>
+
+<code>echo octal_permissions(fileperms('./index.php'));<br />
+<br />
+// 644</code>
+
 </div>
+
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