diff --git a/applications/utilities/postProcessing/velocityField/Q/Q.C b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/velocityField/Q/Q.C
index 74de3084b55abc9d455d240982be6ba9acab1804..0f9c6d8d8cbd4914291f1ca2f5f6d176bf03be98 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/postProcessing/velocityField/Q/Q.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/velocityField/Q/Q.C
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   =========                 |
   \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
    \\    /   O peration     |
-    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011 OpenFOAM Foundation
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2012 OpenFOAM Foundation
      \\/     M anipulation  |
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ Application
 Description
     Calculates and writes the second invariant of the velocity gradient tensor.
 
+        Q = 0.5*(sqr(tr(gradU)) - tr(((gradU)&(gradU))))      [1/s^2]
+
     The -noWrite option just outputs the max/min values without writing
     the field.