diff --git a/doc/Section_tools.html b/doc/Section_tools.html
index 9e7c69d6c8..41041754fd 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 = "#arc">lmp2arc</A>
 <LI><A HREF = "#cfg">lmp2cfg</A>
 <LI><A HREF = "#traj">lmp2traj</A>
+<LI><A HREF = "#vmd">lmp2vmd</A>
 <LI><A HREF = "#matlab">matlab</A>
 <LI><A HREF = "#micelle">micelle2d</A>
 <LI><A HREF = "#msi">msi2lmp</A>
@@ -189,6 +190,21 @@ README file for more information.
 </P>
 <HR>
 
+<H4><A NAME = "vmd"></A>lmp2vmd tool 
+</H4>
+<P>The lmp2vmd sub-directory contains some scripts for converting LAMMPS
+files into formats suitable for visualizing with the <A HREF = "http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/">VMD
+package</A>.
+</P>
+<P>One script extracts bond topology info from a LAMMPS data file.  A
+second script attached amino acid (residue) information to what is
+extracted from a data file.  See the README file for more information.
+</P>
+<P>These scripts werer written by Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey at
+cmm.chem.upenn.edu) at U Penn.
+</P>
+<HR>
+
 <H4><A NAME = "matlab"></A>matlab tool 
 </H4>
 <P>The matlab sub-directory contains several <A HREF = "http://www.mathworks.com">MATLAB</A> scripts for
diff --git a/doc/Section_tools.txt b/doc/Section_tools.txt
index 3532f9c28a..524bc2f538 100644
--- a/doc/Section_tools.txt
+++ b/doc/Section_tools.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ own sub-directories with their own Makefiles.
 "lmp2arc"_#arc
 "lmp2cfg"_#cfg
 "lmp2traj"_#traj
+"lmp2vmd"_#vmd
 "matlab"_#matlab
 "micelle2d"_#micelle
 "msi2lmp"_#msi
@@ -185,6 +186,21 @@ This tool was written by Ara Kooser at Sandia (askoose at sandia.gov).
 
 :line
 
+lmp2vmd tool :h4,link(vmd)
+
+The lmp2vmd sub-directory contains some scripts for converting LAMMPS
+files into formats suitable for visualizing with the "VMD
+package"_http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/.
+
+One script extracts bond topology info from a LAMMPS data file.  A
+second script attached amino acid (residue) information to what is
+extracted from a data file.  See the README file for more information.
+
+These scripts werer written by Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey at
+cmm.chem.upenn.edu) at U Penn.
+
+:line
+
 matlab tool :h4,link(matlab)
 
 The matlab sub-directory contains several "MATLAB"_matlab scripts for