diff --git a/doc/pair_bop.html b/doc/pair_bop.html
index 73479a3916..0952ed896d 100644
--- a/doc/pair_bop.html
+++ b/doc/pair_bop.html
@@ -40,9 +40,14 @@ transferability to different phases can approach that of quantum
 mechanical methods.  This potential is similar to the original BOP
 developed by Pettifor (<A HREF = "#Pettifor_1">Pettifor_1</A>,
 <A HREF = "#Pettifor_2">Pettifor_2</A>, <A HREF = "#Pettifor_3">Pettifor_3</A>) and later updated
-by Murdick, Zhou, and Ward (<A HREF = "#Murdick">Murdick</A>, <A HREF = "#Ward">Ward</A>).  As of
-summer 2015, BOP potential files for these systems are provide with
-LAMMPS: AlCu, CCu, CdTe, CuH, GaAs.
+by Murdick, Zhou, and Ward (<A HREF = "#Murdick">Murdick</A>, <A HREF = "#Ward">Ward</A>).
+Currently, BOP potential files for these systems are provided with
+LAMMPS: AlCu, CCu, CdTe, CdTeSe, CdZnTe, CuH, GaAs.  A sysstem with
+only a subset of these elements, including a single element (e.g. C or
+Cu or Al or Ga or Zn or CdZn), can also be modeled by using the
+appropriate alloy file and assigning all atom types to the
+singleelement or subset of elements via the pair_coeff command, as
+discussed below.
 </P>
 <P>The BOP potential consists of three terms:
 </P>
diff --git a/doc/pair_bop.txt b/doc/pair_bop.txt
index 9c071aaa9a..a94e8ed3f1 100644
--- a/doc/pair_bop.txt
+++ b/doc/pair_bop.txt
@@ -34,9 +34,14 @@ transferability to different phases can approach that of quantum
 mechanical methods.  This potential is similar to the original BOP
 developed by Pettifor ("Pettifor_1"_#Pettifor_1,
 "Pettifor_2"_#Pettifor_2, "Pettifor_3"_#Pettifor_3) and later updated
-by Murdick, Zhou, and Ward ("Murdick"_#Murdick, "Ward"_#Ward).  As of
-summer 2015, BOP potential files for these systems are provide with
-LAMMPS: AlCu, CCu, CdTe, CuH, GaAs.
+by Murdick, Zhou, and Ward ("Murdick"_#Murdick, "Ward"_#Ward).
+Currently, BOP potential files for these systems are provided with
+LAMMPS: AlCu, CCu, CdTe, CdTeSe, CdZnTe, CuH, GaAs.  A sysstem with
+only a subset of these elements, including a single element (e.g. C or
+Cu or Al or Ga or Zn or CdZn), can also be modeled by using the
+appropriate alloy file and assigning all atom types to the
+singleelement or subset of elements via the pair_coeff command, as
+discussed below.
 
 The BOP potential consists of three terms: