diff --git a/src/Whoops/Exception/Inspector.php b/src/Whoops/Exception/Inspector.php
index 29fdc22..108c2ae 100644
--- a/src/Whoops/Exception/Inspector.php
+++ b/src/Whoops/Exception/Inspector.php
@@ -54,7 +54,39 @@ class Inspector
      */
     public function getExceptionMessage()
     {
-        return $this->exception->getMessage();
+        return $this->extractDocrefUrl($this->exception->getMessage())['message'];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a url to the php-manual related to the underlying error - when available.
+     *
+     * @return string|null
+     */
+    public function getExceptionDocrefUrl()
+    {
+        return $this->extractDocrefUrl($this->exception->getMessage())['url'];
+    }
+
+    private function extractDocrefUrl($message) {
+        $docref = [
+            'message' => $message,
+            'url' => null,
+        ];
+
+        // php embbeds urls to the manual into the Exception message with the following ini-settings defined
+        // http://php.net/manual/en/errorfunc.configuration.php#ini.docref-root
+        if (!ini_get('html_errors') || !ini_get('docref_root')) {
+            return $docref;
+        }
+
+        $pattern = "/\[<a href='([^']+)'>(?:[^<]+)<\/a>\]/";
+        if (preg_match($pattern, $message, $matches)) {
+            // -> strip those automatically generated links from the exception message
+            $docref['message'] = preg_replace($pattern, '', $message, 1);
+            $docref['url'] = $matches[1];
+        }
+
+        return $docref;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Whoops/Handler/PrettyPageHandler.php b/src/Whoops/Handler/PrettyPageHandler.php
index c990bef..9ac8ffb 100644
--- a/src/Whoops/Handler/PrettyPageHandler.php
+++ b/src/Whoops/Handler/PrettyPageHandler.php
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ class PrettyPageHandler extends Handler
             "title"          => $this->getPageTitle(),
             "name"           => explode("\\", $inspector->getExceptionName()),
             "message"        => $inspector->getExceptionMessage(),
+            "docref_url"     => $inspector->getExceptionDocrefUrl(),
             "code"           => $code,
             "plain_exception" => Formatter::formatExceptionPlain($inspector),
             "frames"         => $frames,
diff --git a/src/Whoops/Resources/views/header.html.php b/src/Whoops/Resources/views/header.html.php
index b9d4517..0d72f61 100644
--- a/src/Whoops/Resources/views/header.html.php
+++ b/src/Whoops/Resources/views/header.html.php
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@
     <?php endif ?>
 
     <ul class="search-for-help">
+      <?php if (!empty($docref_url)): ?>
+      <li>
+        <a target="_blank" href="<?php echo $docref_url; ?>" title="Search for help in the PHP manual.">
+          <!-- PHP icon by Icons Solid -->
+          <!-- https://www.iconfinder.com/icons/322421/book_icon -->
+          <!-- Free for commercial use -->
+          <svg height="16px" id="Layer_1" style="enable-background:new 0 0 32 32;" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="16px" xml:space="preserve" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="translate(240 0)"><path d="M-211,4v26h-24c-1.104,0-2-0.895-2-2s0.896-2,2-2h22V0h-22c-2.209,0-4,1.791-4,4v24c0,2.209,1.791,4,4,4h26V4H-211z    M-235,8V2h20v22h-20V8z M-219,6h-12V4h12V6z M-223,10h-8V8h8V10z M-227,14h-4v-2h4V14z"/></g></svg>
+        </a>
+      </li>
+      <?php endif ?>
       <li>
         <a target="_blank" href="https://google.com/search?q=<?php echo urlencode(implode('\\', $name).' '.$message) ?>" title="Search for help on Google.">
           <!-- Google icon by Alfredo H, from https://www.iconfinder.com/alfredoh -->