diff --git a/doc/user/driver.tex b/doc/user/driver.tex
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--- a/doc/user/driver.tex
+++ b/doc/user/driver.tex
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ In performing a line search the optimizer must know the
 precision of the energy (this has nothing to
 do with convergence criteria).  The default value
 of 1e-7 should be adjusted if less, or more, precision
-is available.
+is available.  Note that the default EPREC for DFT
+calculations is 5e-6 instead of 1e-7.
 
 \section{Controlling the step length}