diff --git a/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi b/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
index ee1fcfab44bbdf90c9acda45f863fb5729b33b32..d6ea87ab4633427d1807eeb7887d39e7df0d2d90 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
@@ -3524,14 +3524,15 @@ information about the file (@code{$MeshFormat}), followed by several
 optional sections defining the nodes (@code{$Nodes}), elements
 (@code{$Elements}), region names (@code{$PhysicalName}) and
 post-processing datasets (@code{$NodeData}, @code{$ElementData},
-@code{$ElementNodeData}). 
+@code{$ElementNodeData}).
 
 Any section with an unrecognized header is simply ignored: you can thus
 add comments in a @file{.msh} file by putting them e.g. inside a
 @code{$Comments}/@code{$EndComments} section.
 
 Sections can be repeated in the same file, and post-processing sections
-can be put into separate files (e.g. one file per time step).
+can be put into separate files (e.g. one file per time step).  Nodes are
+assumed to be defined before elements.
 
 The format is defined as follows: