diff --git a/doc/src/create_atoms.rst b/doc/src/create_atoms.rst index 1e2ea38bbf..1b7bcecd13 100644 --- a/doc/src/create_atoms.rst +++ b/doc/src/create_atoms.rst @@ -471,7 +471,10 @@ newly created particles from being created closer than the specified *Doverlap* distance from any other particle. If particles have finite size (see :doc:`atom_style sphere ` for example) *Doverlap* should be specified large enough to include the particle size in the -non-overlapping criterion. +non-overlapping criterion. If molecules are being randomly inserted, then +an insertion is only accepted if each particle in the molecule meets the +overlap criterion with respect to other particles (not including particles +in the molecule itself). .. note::