From: rfildes <rfildes@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 21:18:47 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: expand a glossary description
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expand a glossary description
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diff --git a/doc/doxygen/headers/glossary.h b/doc/doxygen/headers/glossary.h
index fec754932b..08de1e4bff 100644
--- a/doc/doxygen/headers/glossary.h
+++ b/doc/doxygen/headers/glossary.h
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@
  * <dl>
  *
  * <dt class="glossary">@anchor GlossActive <b>Active cells</b></dt>
- * <dd>A cell, face or edge is defined as <i>active</i> if it is not
- * refined any further, i.e., if it does not have children. Unless
+ * <dd>A cell, face, or edge is defined as <i>active</i> if it is not
+ * refined any further, i.e., if it does not have children. Once a cell,
+ * face, or edge becomes a parent it is no longer active. Unless
  * working with a multigrid algorithm, active cells are the only
  * ones carrying degrees of freedom.
  * </dd>