diff --git a/Doc/mesh.docu b/Doc/mesh.docu
index c01352f8..b7a25dd9 100644
--- a/Doc/mesh.docu
+++ b/Doc/mesh.docu
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ provides the pubic member functions of
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-/** \page mesh_io Mesh Read and write files
+/** \page mesh_io Read and write meshes from files
 
 This section explains the methods used to read a mesh from a file or
 write it to a file. The corresponding functions are defined in the
@@ -615,6 +615,10 @@ finally step three will show you how to add your own modules to IOManager.
 
 For a quick start you can copy the following code directly to your project.
 
+Note: IOManager uses the filename extension to determine which reader/writer
+to use. I.e. if passing "inputmesh.obj" as filename parameter, the OBJ-File
+reader/writer will be used to parse/write the file.
+
 \include mesh_io.cc