diff --git a/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi b/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
index df17a16e931ac29473b859bb0a95deb375b1c683..f6ae6cba80e146d3b819ec01c4d186450f7e2310 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
@@ -2854,10 +2854,12 @@ the mesh of the surface.
 Force mesh of lines on the left-hand side (slaves) to match the mesh of
 the lines on the right-hand side (masters).
 
-@item Periodic Surface @var{expression} @{ @var{expression-list} @} = @var{expression} @{ @var{expression-list} @};
+@item Periodic Surface @var{expression} @{ @var{expression-list} @} = @var{expression} @{ @var{expression-list} @} < Using  @{ @var{expression-list} @} >;
 Force mesh of the surface on the left-hand side (slave, with boundary
 edges specified between braces) to match the mesh of the surface on the
-right-hand side (master, with boundary edges specified between braces).
+right-hand side (master, with boundary edges specified between braces). The
+optional @code{Using} list specifies an explicit affine transform (as a 4 x 4
+matrix given by row).
 
 @item Coherence Mesh;
 Removes all duplicate mesh vertices.