diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/README.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/README.mustache
index 12b78b3f7ed..27e76e1ac3c 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/README.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/README.mustache
@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
 # {{packagePath}}
+{{#appDescription}}
+{{{appDescription}}}
+{{/appDescription}}
+
+This SDK is automatically generated by the [Swagger Codegen](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen) project:
+
+- API verion: {{appVersion}}
+- Package version: {{artifactVersion}}
+- Build date: {{generatedDate}}
+- Build package: {{generatorClass}}
+{{#infoUrl}}
+For more information, please visit [{{{infoUrl}}}]({{{infoUrl}}})
+{{/infoUrl}}
 
 ## Requirements
 
@@ -40,6 +53,39 @@ composer install
 ./vendor/bin/phpunit lib/Tests
 ```
 
+## Getting Started
+
+Please follow the installation procedure and then run the following:
+
+```php
+<?php
+require_once(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php');
+{{#apiInfo}}{{#apis}}{{#-first}}{{#operations}}{{#operation}}{{#-first}}{{#hasAuthMethods}}{{#authMethods}}{{#isBasic}}
+// Configure HTTP basic authorization: {{{name}}}
+{{{invokerPackage}}}::getDefaultConfiguration->setUsername('YOUR_USERNAME');
+{{{invokerPackage}}}::getDefaultConfiguration->setPassword('YOUR_PASSWORD');{{/isBasic}}{{#isApiKey}}
+// Configure API key authorization: {{{name}}}
+{{{invokerPackage}}}::getDefaultConfiguration->setApiKey('{{{keyParamName}}}', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
+// Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. BEARER) for API key, if needed
+// {{{invokerPackage}}}::getDefaultConfiguration->setApiKeyPrefix('{{{keyParamName}}}', 'BEARER');{{/isApiKey}}{{#isOAuth}}
+// Configure OAuth2 access token for authorization: {{{name}}}
+{{{invokerPackage}}}::getDefaultConfiguration->setAccessToken('YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN');{{/isOAuth}}{{/authMethods}}
+{{/hasAuthMethods}}
+
+$api_instance = new {{invokerPackage}}\{{classname}}();
+{{#allParams}}${{paramName}} = {{{example}}}; // {{{dataType}}} | {{{description}}}
+{{/allParams}}
+
+try {
+    {{#returnType}}$result = {{/returnType}}$api_instance->{{{operationId}}}({{#allParams}}${{paramName}}{{#hasMore}}, {{/hasMore}}{{/allParams}});{{#returnType}}
+    print_r($result);{{/returnType}}
+} catch (Exception $e) {
+    echo 'Exception when calling {{classname}}->{{operationId}}: ', $e->getMessage(), "\n";
+}
+{{/-first}}{{/operation}}{{/operations}}{{/-first}}{{/apis}}{{/apiInfo}}
+?>
+```
+
 ## Documentation for API Endpoints
 
 All URIs are relative to *{{basePath}}*
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/php/SwaggerClient-php/README.md b/samples/client/petstore/php/SwaggerClient-php/README.md
index ad2d507949f..addcbc63f39 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/php/SwaggerClient-php/README.md
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/php/SwaggerClient-php/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 # SwaggerClient-php
+This is a sample server Petstore server.  You can find out more about Swagger at <a href=\"http://swagger.io\">http://swagger.io</a> or on irc.freenode.net, #swagger.  For this sample, you can use the api key \"special-key\" to test the authorization filters
+
+This SDK is automatically generated by the [Swagger Codegen](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen) project:
+
+- API verion: 1.0.0
+- Package version: 1.0.0
+- Build date: 2016-03-17T16:51:52.647+08:00
+- Build package: class io.swagger.codegen.languages.PhpClientCodegen
 
 ## Requirements
 
@@ -40,6 +48,29 @@ composer install
 ./vendor/bin/phpunit lib/Tests
 ```
 
+## Getting Started
+
+Please follow the installation procedure and then run the following:
+
+```php
+<?php
+require_once(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php');
+
+// Configure OAuth2 access token for authorization: petstore_auth
+Swagger\Client::getDefaultConfiguration->setAccessToken('YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN');
+
+$api_instance = new Swagger\Client\PetApi();
+$body = new \Swagger\Client\Model\Pet(); // \Swagger\Client\Model\Pet | Pet object that needs to be added to the store
+
+try {
+    $api_instance->addPet($body);
+} catch (Exception $e) {
+    echo 'Exception when calling PetApi->addPet: ', $e->getMessage(), "\n";
+}
+
+?>
+```
+
 ## Documentation for API Endpoints
 
 All URIs are relative to *http://petstore.swagger.io/v2*