diff --git a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/setWaves/setWaves.C b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/setWaves/setWaves.C
index c0885d845a..f462135776 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/setWaves/setWaves.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/setWaves/setWaves.C
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Application
     setWaves
 
 Description
+    Applies wave models to the entire domain for case initialisation using
+    level sets for second-order accuracy.
 
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