diff --git a/cookbook/email/email.rst b/cookbook/email/email.rst
index 361ada048ce..6b205fb5770 100644
--- a/cookbook/email/email.rst
+++ b/cookbook/email/email.rst
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ template might look something like this:
     {# Makes an absolute URL to the /images/logo.png file #}
     <img src="{{ absolute_url(asset('images/logo.png')) }}"
 
+.. versionadded:: 2.7
+    The ``absolute_url()`` function was introduced in Symfony 2.7. Prior
+    to 2.7, the ``asset()`` function has an argument to enable returning
+    an absolute URL.
+
 The ``$message`` object supports many more options, such as including attachments,
 adding HTML content, and much more. Fortunately, Swift Mailer covers the topic
 of `Creating Messages`_ in great detail in its documentation.