diff --git a/doc/fix_rigid.html b/doc/fix_rigid.html
index f37463dd49..1d8549a090 100644
--- a/doc/fix_rigid.html
+++ b/doc/fix_rigid.html
@@ -483,10 +483,12 @@ have to list attributes for every rigid body integrated by fix rigid.
 Only bodies which the file specifies will have their computed
 attributes overridden.  The file can contain initial blank lines or
 comment lines starting with "#" which are ignored.  The first
-non-blank, non-comment line should list N = the number of lines to
-follow.  The N successive lines contain the following information:
+non-blank, non-comment line should list N, which is the number of
+lines to follow.  The N successive lines contain the following
+information:
 </P>
-<PRE>ID1 masstotal xcm ycm zcm ixx iyy izz ixy ixz iyz
+<PRE>N
+ID1 masstotal xcm ycm zcm ixx iyy izz ixy ixz iyz
 ID2 masstotal xcm ycm zcm ixx iyy izz ixy ixz iyz
 ...
 IDN masstotal xcm ycm zcm ixx iyy izz ixy ixz iyz 
diff --git a/doc/fix_rigid.txt b/doc/fix_rigid.txt
index ff9cda7483..ca23c5a74a 100644
--- a/doc/fix_rigid.txt
+++ b/doc/fix_rigid.txt
@@ -469,9 +469,11 @@ have to list attributes for every rigid body integrated by fix rigid.
 Only bodies which the file specifies will have their computed
 attributes overridden.  The file can contain initial blank lines or
 comment lines starting with "#" which are ignored.  The first
-non-blank, non-comment line should list N = the number of lines to
-follow.  The N successive lines contain the following information:
+non-blank, non-comment line should list N, which is the number of
+lines to follow.  The N successive lines contain the following
+information:
 
+N
 ID1 masstotal xcm ycm zcm ixx iyy izz ixy ixz iyz
 ID2 masstotal xcm ycm zcm ixx iyy izz ixy ixz iyz
 ...