diff --git a/Docs/sphinx_documentation/source/EB.rst b/Docs/sphinx_documentation/source/EB.rst
index 446e7305e50..e5147831c39 100644
--- a/Docs/sphinx_documentation/source/EB.rst
+++ b/Docs/sphinx_documentation/source/EB.rst
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Here is a simple example of initialize the database for an embedded sphere.
     EB2::Build(shop, geom, 0, 0);
 
 Alternatively, the EB information can be initialized from an STL file
-specified by a :cpp:`ParmParse` parameter ``eb2.stl_file``.  The
+specified by a :cpp:`ParmParse` parameter ``eb2.stl_file``. (This also requires setting ``eb2.geom_type = stl``.) The
 initialization is done by calling
 
 .. highlight:: c++