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diff --git a/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/basic_meshing_algos.doc b/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/basic_meshing_algos.doc
index 4804800c5..090abd76f 100644
--- a/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/basic_meshing_algos.doc
+++ b/doc/salome/gui/SMESH/input/basic_meshing_algos.doc
@@ -39,8 +39,15 @@ number of mesh segments following an 1D hypothesis.
For meshing of 3D entities (solid objects):
-- Hexahedron (i,j,k)meshing algorithm - 6-sided solids are
- split into hexahedral (cuboid) elements.
+- Hexahedron (i,j,k) meshing algorithm - solids are
+ split into hexahedral elements thus forming a structured 3D
+ mesh. The algorithm requires that 2D mesh generated on a solid could
+ be considered as a mesh of a box, i.e. there should be six nodes shared
+ by three quadrangles and the rest nodes should be shared by four
+ quadrangles.
+\image html hexa_ijk_mesh.png "Structured mesh generated by Hexahedron (i,j,k) on a solid bound by 16 faces"
+
+
- \subpage cartesian_algo_page "Body Fitting" meshing
algorithm - solids are split into hexahedral elements forming
a Cartesian grid; polyhedra and other types of elements are generated
@@ -66,7 +73,7 @@ There is also a number of more specific algorithms:
- \subpage projection_algos_page "for meshing by projection of another mesh"
- \subpage import_algos_page "for meshing by importing elements from another mesh"
- \subpage radial_prism_algo_page "for meshing geometrical objects with cavities"
-- \subpage radial_quadrangle_1D2D_algo_page "for meshing special 2d faces (circles and part of circles)"
+- \subpage radial_quadrangle_1D2D_algo_page "for meshing special faces (circles and parts of circles)"
- \subpage use_existing_page "Use Edges to be Created Manually" and
\ref use_existing_page "Use Faces to be Created Manually" algorithms can be
used to create a 1D or a 2D mesh in a python script.