diff --git a/src/mesh/snappyHexMesh/meshRefinement/meshRefinement.C b/src/mesh/snappyHexMesh/meshRefinement/meshRefinement.C
index 9615f81596..021e088a20 100644
--- a/src/mesh/snappyHexMesh/meshRefinement/meshRefinement.C
+++ b/src/mesh/snappyHexMesh/meshRefinement/meshRefinement.C
@@ -94,12 +94,11 @@ namespace Foam
     >::names[] =
     {
         "mesh",
-        "noRefinement",
+        "refinement",
         "scalarLevels",
         "layerSets",
         "layerFields"
     };
-
 }
 
 const Foam::NamedEnum<Foam::meshRefinement::IOdebugType, 5>
@@ -2893,7 +2892,7 @@ void Foam::meshRefinement::write
         write();
     }
 
-    if (writeFlags && !(writeFlags & NOWRITEREFINEMENT))
+    if (writeFlags & WRITEREFINEMENT)
     {
         meshCutter_.write();
         surfaceIndex_.write();
diff --git a/src/mesh/snappyHexMesh/meshRefinement/meshRefinement.H b/src/mesh/snappyHexMesh/meshRefinement/meshRefinement.H
index bb21e9ce74..ea9bc62ea0 100644
--- a/src/mesh/snappyHexMesh/meshRefinement/meshRefinement.H
+++ b/src/mesh/snappyHexMesh/meshRefinement/meshRefinement.H
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   =========                 |
   \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
    \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
-    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2018 OpenFOAM Foundation
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2019 OpenFOAM Foundation
      \\/     M anipulation  |
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public:
         enum IOwriteType
         {
             IOWRITEMESH,
-            IONOWRITEREFINEMENT,
+            IOWRITEREFINEMENT,
             IOWRITELEVELS,
             IOWRITELAYERSETS,
             IOWRITELAYERFIELDS
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public:
         enum writeType
         {
             WRITEMESH = 1<<IOWRITEMESH,
-            NOWRITEREFINEMENT = 1<<IONOWRITEREFINEMENT,
+            WRITEREFINEMENT = 1<<IOWRITEREFINEMENT,
             WRITELEVELS = 1<<IOWRITELEVELS,
             WRITELAYERSETS = 1<<IOWRITELAYERSETS,
             WRITELAYERFIELDS = 1<<IOWRITELAYERFIELDS
diff --git a/tutorials/mesh/snappyHexMesh/flange/system/snappyHexMeshDict b/tutorials/mesh/snappyHexMesh/flange/system/snappyHexMeshDict
index dfe5989cea..0c5ca69396 100644
--- a/tutorials/mesh/snappyHexMesh/flange/system/snappyHexMeshDict
+++ b/tutorials/mesh/snappyHexMesh/flange/system/snappyHexMeshDict
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ writeFlags
     scalarLevels    // write volScalarField with cellLevel for postprocessing
     layerSets       // write cellSets, faceSets of faces in layer
     layerFields     // write volScalarField for layer coverage
+    refinement
 );