diff --git a/includes/database.mysql.inc b/includes/database.mysql.inc
index 301bfb567cf..449622f1124 100644
--- a/includes/database.mysql.inc
+++ b/includes/database.mysql.inc
@@ -9,10 +9,16 @@ function db_connect($url) {
      $url["host"] = $url["host"] . ":" . $url["port"];
   }
 
-  mysql_pconnect($url["host"], $url["user"], $url["pass"]) or die(mysql_error());
+  mysql_connect($url["host"], $url["user"], $url["pass"]) or die(mysql_error());
   mysql_select_db(substr($url["path"], 1)) or die("unable to select database");
 
-  // NOTE: we are using a persistent connection!
+  /* 
+  ** Note that you can change the 'mysql_connect' statement to 'mysql_pconnect'
+  ** if you want to use persistent connections.  This is not recommended on 
+  ** shared hosts, might require additional database/webserver tuning but
+  ** increases performance when the overhead to connect to your database is 
+  ** high (eg. your database and webserver live on different machines).
+  */
 }
 
 function db_query($query) {