diff --git a/docs/manual/introduction/How-to-update-things.html b/docs/manual/introduction/How-to-update-things.html
index 50adc24132309d..b7ca671b710926 100644
--- a/docs/manual/introduction/How-to-update-things.html
+++ b/docs/manual/introduction/How-to-update-things.html
@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ <h3>[page:BufferGeometry]</h3>
 				<code>
 line.geometry.attributes.position.needsUpdate = true; // required after the first render
 				</code>
+					
+				<p>
+					If you change the position data values after the initial render, you may need to
+					call `.computeBoundingSphere()` in order to recalculate the geometry's bounding sphere. 
+				</p>
+				<code>
+line.geometry.computeBoundingSphere();
+				</code>
 
 				<p>
 					[link:http://jsfiddle.net/w67tzfhx/ Here is a fiddle] showing an animated line which you can adapt to your use case.