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diff --git a/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/mesh_infos.doc b/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/mesh_infos.doc
index 06a02d2cc..95897e0f0 100644
--- a/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/mesh_infos.doc
+++ b/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/mesh_infos.doc
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ group in the <b>Object Browser</b> and invoke <b>Mesh Information</b>
 item from the \b Mesh menu or click <em>"Mesh Information"</em> button
 in the toolbar. 
 
-\image html image49.png
-<center><em>"Mesh Information" button</em></center>
+<center>\image html image49.png
+<em>"Mesh Information" button</em></center>
 
 The <b>Mesh Information</b> dialog box provides three tab pages:
 - <b>\ref advanced_mesh_infos_anchor "Base Info"</b> - to show base
@@ -27,28 +27,50 @@ for the selected mesh, sub-mesh or group object.
 The <b>Base Info</b> tab page of the dialog box provides general
 information on the selected object - mesh, sub-mesh or mesh group:
 name, type, total number of nodes and elements separately for each
-type: 0D elements, edges, faces and volumes.
+type: 0D elements, edges, faces, volumes, balls.
 
-\image html advanced_mesh_infos.png
-<center><em>"Base Info" page</em></center>
+<center>\image html advanced_mesh_infos.png
+<em>"Base Info" page</em></center>
 
 \anchor mesh_element_info_anchor
 <h2>Mesh Element Information</h2> 
 
-The <b>Element Info</b> tab page of the dialog box gives basic
-information about the type, coordinates and connectivity of the
-selected mesh node or element.
+The <b>Element Info</b> tab page of the dialog box gives detailed
+information about the selected mesh node(s) or element(s), namely:
 
-\image html eleminfo1.png
-<center><em>"Element Info" page, node information</em></center>
+- For a node:
+  - Node ID;
+  - Coordinates (X, Y, Z);
+  - Connectivity information (connected elements);
+  - Position on a shape (for meshes built on a geometry);
+  - Groups information (names of groups the node belongs to).
+
+<center>\image html eleminfo1.png
+<em>"Element Info" page, node information</em></center>
 <br>
-\image html eleminfo2.png 
-<center><em>"Element Info" page, element information</em></center>
+
+- For an element:
+  - Element ID;
+  - Type (triangle, quadrangle, etc.);
+  - Gravity center (X, Y, Z coordinates);
+  - Connectivity information (connected nodes);
+  - Quality controls (area, aspect ration, volume, etc.);
+  - Position on a shape (for meshes built on a geometry);
+  - Groups information (names of groups the element belongs to).
+
+<center>\image html eleminfo2.png 
+<em>"Element Info" page, element information</em></center>
 
 The use can either input the ID of a node or element he wants to
-analyze directly in the dialog box or select the node or element in
+analyze directly in the dialog box or select the node(s) or element(s) in
 the 3D viewer.
 
+\note The information about the groups, to which the node or element belongs,
+ can be shown in a short or in a detailed form. By default, for performance
+reasons, this information is shown in a short form (group names
+only). The detailed information on groups can be switched on via the user
+preferences, see \ref mesh_preferences_page.
+
 \anchor mesh_addition_info_anchor
 <h2>Additional Information</h2> 
 
@@ -64,8 +86,8 @@ For a mesh object, the following information is shown:
 - Groups
 - Sub-meshes
 
-\image html addinfo_mesh.png
-<center><em>"Additional Info" page, mesh information</em></center>
+<center>\image html addinfo_mesh.png
+<em>"Additional Info" page, mesh information</em></center>
 <br>
 
 For a sub-mesh object, the following information is shown:
@@ -73,8 +95,8 @@ For a sub-mesh object, the following information is shown:
 - Parent mesh
 - Shape
 
-\image html addinfo_submesh.png
-<center><em>"Additional Info" page, sub-mesh information</em></center>
+<center>\image html addinfo_submesh.png
+<em>"Additional Info" page, sub-mesh information</em></center>
 <br>
 
 For a group object, the following information is shown:
@@ -86,8 +108,8 @@ For a group object, the following information is shown:
 - Color
 - Number of underlying nodes (for non-nodal groups)
 
-\image html addinfo_group.png
-<center><em>"Additional Info" page, group information</em></center>
+<center>\image html addinfo_group.png
+<em>"Additional Info" page, group information</em></center>
 <br>
 
 \note For the performance reasons, the number of underlying nodes is
@@ -97,6 +119,9 @@ automatically calculated if the size of the group does not exceed
 the "Automatic nodes compute limit" set via the  "Mesh information"
 preferences (zero value means no limit).
 
+The button \b "Dump" allows printing the information displayed in the
+dialog box to a .txt file.
+
 In case you get <b>Mesh Information</b> via a TUI script, the information is
 displayed in the Python Console. 
 <b>See the</b> \ref tui_viewing_mesh_infos "TUI Example".