diff --git a/doc/Section_tools.html b/doc/Section_tools.html
index 1bfad0ae8b..556e55ef8e 100644
--- a/doc/Section_tools.html
+++ b/doc/Section_tools.html
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ own sub-directories with their own Makefiles.
 <LI><A HREF = "#eamdb">eam database</A>
 <LI><A HREF = "#eamgn">eam generate</A>
 <LI>"eff_#eff
+<LI>"ipp_#ipp
 <LI><A HREF = "#arc">lmp2arc</A>
 <LI><A HREF = "#cfg">lmp2cfg</A>
 <LI><A HREF = "#traj">lmp2traj</A>
@@ -189,13 +190,27 @@ produce are in the potentials directory, and can be used with the
 </H4>
 <P>The tools/eff directory contains various scripts for generating
 structures and post-processing output for simulations using the
-electron force field (EFF).
+electron force field (eFF).
 </P>
 <P>These tools were provided by Andres Jaramillo-Botero at CalTech
 (ajaramil at wag.caltech.edu).
 </P>
 <HR>
 
+<H4><A NAME = "ipp"></A>ipp tool 
+</H4>
+<P>The tools/ipp directory contains a Perl script ipp which can be used
+to facilitate the creation of a complicated file (say, a lammps input
+script or tools/createatoms input file) using a template file.
+</P>
+<P>ipp was created and is maintained by Reese Jones (Sandia), rjones at
+sandia.gov.
+</P>
+<P>See two examples in the tools/ipp directory.  One of them is for the
+tools/createatoms tool's input file.
+</P>
+<HR>
+
 <H4><A NAME = "arc"></A>lmp2arc tool 
 </H4>
 <P>The lmp2arc sub-directory contains a tool for converting LAMMPS output
diff --git a/doc/Section_tools.txt b/doc/Section_tools.txt
index 3b83187413..73c4140539 100644
--- a/doc/Section_tools.txt
+++ b/doc/Section_tools.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ own sub-directories with their own Makefiles.
 "eam database"_#eamdb
 "eam generate"_#eamgn
 "eff_#eff
+"ipp_#ipp
 "lmp2arc"_#arc
 "lmp2cfg"_#cfg
 "lmp2traj"_#traj
@@ -185,13 +186,27 @@ eff tool :h4,link(eff)
 
 The tools/eff directory contains various scripts for generating
 structures and post-processing output for simulations using the
-electron force field (EFF).
+electron force field (eFF).
 
 These tools were provided by Andres Jaramillo-Botero at CalTech
 (ajaramil at wag.caltech.edu).
 
 :line
 
+ipp tool :h4,link(ipp)
+
+The tools/ipp directory contains a Perl script ipp which can be used
+to facilitate the creation of a complicated file (say, a lammps input
+script or tools/createatoms input file) using a template file.
+
+ipp was created and is maintained by Reese Jones (Sandia), rjones at
+sandia.gov.
+
+See two examples in the tools/ipp directory.  One of them is for the
+tools/createatoms tool's input file.
+
+:line
+
 lmp2arc tool :h4,link(arc)
 
 The lmp2arc sub-directory contains a tool for converting LAMMPS output