From: Marc Fehling <mafehling.git@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 05:54:50 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Doc: Inform user how to exchange active FE indices on ghost cells.
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Doc: Inform user how to exchange active FE indices on ghost cells.
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diff --git a/include/deal.II/dofs/dof_handler.h b/include/deal.II/dofs/dof_handler.h
index de569d227c..404d277dca 100644
--- a/include/deal.II/dofs/dof_handler.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/dofs/dof_handler.h
@@ -590,7 +590,8 @@ public:
    *
    * Active FE indices will only be set for locally owned cells. Ghost and
    * artificial cells will be ignored; no active FE index will be assigned to
-   * them.
+   * them. To exchange active FE indices on ghost cells, call distribute_dofs()
+   * afterwards.
    */
   void
   set_active_fe_indices(const std::vector<types::fe_index> &active_fe_indices);