Index: docs/hooks.txt
===================================================================
--- docs/hooks.txt	(revision 21591)
+++ docs/hooks.txt	(working copy)
@@ -396,6 +396,12 @@
 $url: string value as output (out parameter, can modify)
 $query: query options passed to Title::getFullURL()
 
+'InternalParseBeforeLinks': during Parser's internalParse method before links but
+after noinclude/includeonly/onlyinclude and other processing.
+&$this: Parser object
+&$text: string containing partially parsed text
+&$this->mStripState: Parser's internal StripState object
+
 'LogPageValidTypes': action being logged. DEPRECATED: Use $wgLogTypes
 &$type: array of strings
 
Index: includes/Parser.php
===================================================================
--- includes/Parser.php	(revision 21591)
+++ includes/Parser.php	(working copy)
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@
 		$text = Sanitizer::removeHTMLtags( $text, array( &$this, 'attributeStripCallback' ) );
 
 		$text = $this->replaceVariables( $text, $args );
-		wfRunHooks( 'InternalParseBeforeLinks', array( &$this, &$text ) );
+		wfRunHooks( 'InternalParseBeforeLinks', array( &$this, &$text, &$this->mStripState ) );
 
 		// Tables need to come after variable replacement for things to work
 		// properly; putting them before other transformations should keep
Index: RELEASE-NOTES
===================================================================
--- RELEASE-NOTES	(revision 21591)
+++ RELEASE-NOTES	(working copy)
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
   500 characters
 * Predefined block reasons added to Special:Blockip
 * (bug 9196) Installer now check that zend.ze1_compatibility_mode is off
+* Introduce 'InternalParseBeforeLinks' hook; see docs/hooks.txt for more information
 
 == Bugfixes since 1.9 ==