diff --git a/src/phasicFlow/commandLine/commandLine.C b/src/phasicFlow/commandLine/commandLine.C
index dfa1cb1f..55f7c756 100644
--- a/src/phasicFlow/commandLine/commandLine.C
+++ b/src/phasicFlow/commandLine/commandLine.C
@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ pFlow::commandLine::commandLine(word appName, word disptn)
 {
 	
 	CLI::App::add_flag_callback(
-		"--discription",
+		"--description",
 		[disptn, appName]() {
-			output<<"\n"<<yellowText(versoinCopyright)<<endl<<endl;
-			output<<"Discription for "<< boldText(appName)<<":\n";
+			output<<"\n"<<yellowText(versoinCopyright)<<endl;
+			output<<yellowText(floatingPointDescription())<<endl<<endl;
+			output<<"Description for "<< boldText(appName)<<":\n";
 			output<<"  "<<disptn<<endl;
 		},
 		"What does this app do?"
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ bool pFlow::commandLine::parse(
 {
 	try {                       
         CLI::App::parse(argc, argv);
-        if(CLI::App::count("--discription")) return false;
+        if(CLI::App::count("--description")) return false;
         return true;
     } catch(const ParseError &e) {                                                                                
         CLI::App::exit(e);
diff --git a/src/phasicFlow/types/basicTypes/builtinTypes.H b/src/phasicFlow/types/basicTypes/builtinTypes.H
index 7078c9a5..3f0347dd 100755
--- a/src/phasicFlow/types/basicTypes/builtinTypes.H
+++ b/src/phasicFlow/types/basicTypes/builtinTypes.H
@@ -30,10 +30,13 @@ namespace pFlow
 
 #ifdef pFlow_Build_Double 
   #define useDouble 1
+inline const char* floatingPointType__ = "double";
 #else
   #define useDouble 0
+inline const char* floatingPointType__ = "float";
 #endif
 
+
 // scalars
 #if useDouble
 	using real 	= double;
@@ -57,6 +60,12 @@ using label   = std::size_t;
 
 using word 		= std::string;
 
+inline 
+auto floatingPointDescription()
+{
+  return word("In this build, ") + word(floatingPointType__) +
+         word(" is used for floating point operations.");
+}
 
 } // end of pFlow
 
diff --git a/utilities/checkPhasicFlow/checkPhasicFlow.C b/utilities/checkPhasicFlow/checkPhasicFlow.C
index 93134351..83e1b031 100755
--- a/utilities/checkPhasicFlow/checkPhasicFlow.C
+++ b/utilities/checkPhasicFlow/checkPhasicFlow.C
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ if(!cmds.parse(argc, argv)) return 0;
 
 	output<<endl;
 	Report(1)<< "You are using "<<yellowText(cmds.productNameCopyright())<<endReport;
+  Report(1)<< yellowText(pFlow::floatingPointDescription())<<endReport;
 	
 
 // this should be palced in each main