diff --git a/doc/fix_heat.html b/doc/fix_heat.html
index d035eddc87..dfe83333cd 100644
--- a/doc/fix_heat.html
+++ b/doc/fix_heat.html
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ commands</A>.  No parameter of this fix can be
 used with the <I>start/stop</I> keywords of the <A HREF = "run.html">run</A> command.
 This fix is not invoked during <A HREF = "minimize.html">energy minimization</A>.
 </P>
+<P>This fix computes a scalar which can be accessed by various
+<A HREF = "Section_howto.html#4_15">output commands</A>.  This scalar is the 
+value by which velocites were scaled. The scalar value calculated
+by this fix is "intensive", meaning it does not scale with the 
+number of atoms in the simulation.
+</P>
 <P><B>Restrictions:</B> none
 </P>
 <P><B>Related commands:</B>
diff --git a/doc/fix_heat.txt b/doc/fix_heat.txt
index db14082b98..ffacc4beb8 100644
--- a/doc/fix_heat.txt
+++ b/doc/fix_heat.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ commands"_Section_howto.html#4_15.  No parameter of this fix can be
 used with the {start/stop} keywords of the "run"_run.html command.
 This fix is not invoked during "energy minimization"_minimize.html.
 
+This fix computes a scalar which can be accessed by various
+"output commands"_Section_howto.html#4_15.  This scalar is the 
+value by which velocites were scaled. The scalar value calculated
+by this fix is "intensive", meaning it does not scale with the 
+number of atoms in the simulation.
+
 [Restrictions:] none
 
 [Related commands:]