LaTeX: Referencing Figures

You may have had the following problem:
You want to reference a figure in your LaTeX-document, but instead of it's number, you get the section/subsection number.

First, the solution: You simply have to put the \label after the \caption of the figure.

Second, why: It seems the caption is the thing that actually SETS the number. This is a "feature" that allows multiple captions/labels per figure.