diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9d8f849c609..0621dab9112 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . cookies
   . canary protection (debug build only)
   . random generation of cookies and canaries
+- Fixed bug #39850 (SplFileObject throws contradictory/wrong error messages 
+  when trying to open "php://wrong"). (Tony)
 - Fixed bug #39832 (SOAP Server: parameter not matching the WSDL specified type
   are set to 0). (Dmitry)
 
diff --git a/ext/standard/php_fopen_wrapper.c b/ext/standard/php_fopen_wrapper.c
index 200ec5f2db0..e533f5535e9 100644
--- a/ext/standard/php_fopen_wrapper.c
+++ b/ext/standard/php_fopen_wrapper.c
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ php_stream * php_stream_url_wrap_php(php_stream_wrapper *wrapper, char *path, ch
 		return stream;
  	} else {
 		/* invalid php://thingy */
+		php_error_docref(NULL TSRMLS_CC, E_WARNING, "Invalid php:// URL specified");
 		return NULL;
 	}