diff --git a/src/parallel/distributed/patchDistMethods/exact/exactPatchDistMethod.C b/src/parallel/distributed/patchDistMethods/exact/exactPatchDistMethod.C
index 6901f0fdbf..be57dc7c96 100644
--- a/src/parallel/distributed/patchDistMethods/exact/exactPatchDistMethod.C
+++ b/src/parallel/distributed/patchDistMethods/exact/exactPatchDistMethod.C
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@ Foam::patchDistMethods::exact::patchSurface() const
             "distributionType",
             distributedTriSurfaceMesh::distributionTypeNames_
             [
-                //distributedTriSurfaceMesh::FOLLOW
-                distributedTriSurfaceMesh::INDEPENDENT
+                //distributedTriSurfaceMesh::FOLLOW         // use mesh bb
+                //distributedTriSurfaceMesh::INDEPENDENT    // master-only
+                distributedTriSurfaceMesh::DISTRIBUTED      // parallel decomp
             ]
         );
         dict.add("mergeDistance", 1e-6*localBb.mag());