diff --git a/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml b/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml
index ba4a46c..63d5ae3 100644
--- a/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml
+++ b/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml
@@ -267,6 +267,30 @@ DEPEND="qt3? ( x11-libs/qt:3 )
     gtk? ( x11-libs/gtk+:2 )
 </codesample>
 
+<p>
+If a package depends on a slotted package, then portage will only do a dependency 
+check on the latest slot (e.g. php 5.4):
+</p>
+
+<codesample lang="ebuild">
+DEPEND="dev-lang/php[ssl]"
+</codesample>
+
+<p>
+If both php 5.3 and php 5.4 are targeted slots for the package being emerged, 
+then only php 5.4 will be emerged or reemerged with the ssl <c>USE</c> flag.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+In order to enforce dependency checking on all targeted slots, you must 
+specify the dependency for every slot currently available and targeted:
+</p>
+
+<codesample lang="ebuild">
+DEPEND="php_targets_5-3? dev-lang/php:5.3[ssl]"
+	php_targets_5-4? dev-lang/php:5.4[ssl]"
+</codesample>
+
 </body>
 </section>