diff --git a/doc/fix_gcmc.html b/doc/fix_gcmc.html
index 1420ebd92456097d7998ab14acfd3aede545a186..d4f70661dfbbf667c4e51aa53a312f6102a8ef3e 100644
--- a/doc/fix_gcmc.html
+++ b/doc/fix_gcmc.html
@@ -143,13 +143,18 @@ interactions. Specifically, avoid performing so many MC translations
 per timestep that atoms can move beyond the neighbor list skin
 distance. See the <A HREF = "neighbor.html">neighbor</A> command for details.
 </P>
-<P>When an atom or molecule is to be inserted, its center-of-mass
+<P>When an atom or molecule is to be inserted, its 
 coordinates are chosen at a random position within the current
 simulation cell or region, and new atom velocities are randomly chosen from
 the specified temperature distribution given by T.  Relative
 coordinates for atoms in a molecule are taken from the template
-molecule provided by the user. A random initial rotation is used in
-the case of molecule insertions.
+molecule provided by the user, with the origin of the relative 
+coordinates coinciding with the chosen insertion point. This means
+that if the origin of the template molecule coordinate system
+lies far from the center of the template molecule,
+the inserted molecule will lie far from the insertion point. 
+A random initial rotation is used in
+the case of molecule insertions. 
 </P>
 <P>Individual atoms are inserted, unless the <I>mol</I> keyword is used.  It
 specifies a <I>template-ID</I> previously defined using the
diff --git a/doc/fix_gcmc.txt b/doc/fix_gcmc.txt
index 5d94f0576d145f0043b376ce031e5cb4767ca77c..288e609f05f014da3c51f66445c3847123d1e333 100644
--- a/doc/fix_gcmc.txt
+++ b/doc/fix_gcmc.txt
@@ -128,13 +128,18 @@ interactions. Specifically, avoid performing so many MC translations
 per timestep that atoms can move beyond the neighbor list skin
 distance. See the "neighbor"_neighbor.html command for details.
 
-When an atom or molecule is to be inserted, its center-of-mass
+When an atom or molecule is to be inserted, its 
 coordinates are chosen at a random position within the current
 simulation cell or region, and new atom velocities are randomly chosen from
 the specified temperature distribution given by T.  Relative
 coordinates for atoms in a molecule are taken from the template
-molecule provided by the user. A random initial rotation is used in
-the case of molecule insertions.
+molecule provided by the user, with the origin of the relative 
+coordinates coinciding with the chosen insertion point. This means
+that if the origin of the template molecule coordinate system
+lies far from the center of the template molecule,
+the inserted molecule will lie far from the insertion point. 
+A random initial rotation is used in
+the case of molecule insertions. 
 
 Individual atoms are inserted, unless the {mol} keyword is used.  It
 specifies a {template-ID} previously defined using the