diff --git a/app/Config/core.php b/app/Config/core.php
index ba7a9d0ea..f1fd4aa56 100644
--- a/app/Config/core.php
+++ b/app/Config/core.php
@@ -309,18 +309,20 @@
  *		'password' => 'password', //plaintext password (xcache.admin.pass)
  *	));
  *
- * Memcache (http://www.danga.com/memcached/)
+ * Memcached (http://www.danga.com/memcached/)
+ *
+ * Uses the memcached extension. See http://php.net/memcached
  *
  * 	 Cache::config('default', array(
- *		'engine' => 'Memcache', //[required]
+ *		'engine' => 'Memcached', //[required]
  *		'duration' => 3600, //[optional]
  *		'probability' => 100, //[optional]
  * 		'prefix' => Inflector::slug(APP_DIR) . '_', //[optional]  prefix every cache file with this string
  * 		'servers' => array(
  * 			'127.0.0.1:11211' // localhost, default port 11211
  * 		), //[optional]
- * 		'persistent' => true, // [optional] set this to false for non-persistent connections
- * 		'compress' => false, // [optional] compress data in Memcache (slower, but uses less memory)
+ * 		'persistent' => 'my_connection', // [optional] The name of the persistent connection.
+ * 		'compress' => false, // [optional] compress data in Memcached (slower, but uses less memory)
  *	));
  *
  *  Wincache (http://php.net/wincache)
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Cache/Engine/MemcacheEngine.php b/lib/Cake/Cache/Engine/MemcacheEngine.php
index 98b91d63b..17221e911 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Cache/Engine/MemcacheEngine.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Cache/Engine/MemcacheEngine.php
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
  * control you have over expire times far in the future. See MemcacheEngine::write() for
  * more information.
  *
- * @package       Cake.Cache.Engine
+ * @package Cake.Cache.Engine
+ * @deprecated You should use the Memcached adapter instead.
  */
 class MemcacheEngine extends CacheEngine {
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Cache/Engine/MemcachedEngine.php b/lib/Cake/Cache/Engine/MemcachedEngine.php
index 32c27d657..4b7202719 100755
--- a/lib/Cake/Cache/Engine/MemcachedEngine.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Cache/Engine/MemcachedEngine.php
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ class MemcachedEngine extends CacheEngine {
  *  - servers = string or array of memcached servers, default => 127.0.0.1. If an
  *    array MemcacheEngine will use them as a pool.
  *  - compress = boolean, default => false
+ *  - persistent = string The name of the persistent connection. All configurations using
+ *    the same persistent value will share a single underlying connection.
  *
  * @var array
  */
@@ -72,8 +74,7 @@ class MemcachedEngine extends CacheEngine {
 			'engine' => 'Memcached',
 			'servers' => array('127.0.0.1'),
 			'compress' => false,
-			'persistent' => true,
-			'persistentId' => 'mc',
+			'persistent' => false,
 			'login' => null,
 			'password' => null,
 		);
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ class MemcachedEngine extends CacheEngine {
 			return true;
 		}
 
-		$this->_Memcached = new Memcached($this->settings['persistent'] ? $this->settings['persistentId'] : null);
+		$this->_Memcached = new Memcached($this->settings['persistent'] ? (string)$this->settings['persistent'] : null);
 		$this->_setOptions();
 
 		if (count($this->_Memcached->getServerList())) {
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Cache/Engine/MemcachedEngineTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Cache/Engine/MemcachedEngineTest.php
index a4539771f..7ca8e4155 100755
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Cache/Engine/MemcachedEngineTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Cache/Engine/MemcachedEngineTest.php
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ class MemcachedEngineTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'duration' => 3600,
 			'probability' => 100,
 			'servers' => array('127.0.0.1'),
-			'persistent' => true,
-			'persistentId' => 'mc',
+			'persistent' => false,
 			'compress' => false,
 			'engine' => 'Memcached',
 			'login' => null,