* implementing overly complicated schemes to transfer information about
* adjacent cells from processor to processor.
*
- * By default, the partitioning of cells between processors is done
- * automatically by calling the METIS library. By passing appropriate
- * flags to the constructor of this class (see the Triangulation::Settings
- * enum), it is possible to select other modes of partitioning the mesh,
+ * The partitioning of cells between processors is done internally
+ * based on a number of different possibilities. By passing appropriate
+ * flags to the constructor of this class (see the
+ * parallel::shared::Triangulation::Settings
+ * enum), it is possible to select different ways of partitioning the mesh,
* including ways that are dictated by the application and not by the
* desire to minimize the length of the interface between subdomains owned
- * by processors. Both the DoFHandler and hp::DoFHandler classes know how
- * to enumerate degrees of freedom in ways appropriate for the partitioned mesh.
+ * by processors (as is done by the METIS and Zoltan packages, both of
+ * which are options for partitioning). Both the DoFHandler and
+ * hp::DoFHandler classes know how to enumerate degrees of freedom in ways
+ * appropriate for the partitioned mesh.
*
* @author Denis Davydov, 2015
* @ingroup distributed