diff --git a/DDCore/src/plugins/StandardPlugins.cpp b/DDCore/src/plugins/StandardPlugins.cpp
index 86302a9ab94b9b21c24c5361cf101e5016a78808..1123357719c4853876c820961097333b1d9d671a 100644
--- a/DDCore/src/plugins/StandardPlugins.cpp
+++ b/DDCore/src/plugins/StandardPlugins.cpp
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ static long root_elements(LCDD& lcdd, int argc, char** argv) {
     XML_IMPLEMENTATION_TYPE
     "                ++++\n"
     "      ++++                                                     ++++\n"
+    "      ++++   Table of elements as defined in ROOT: " ROOT_RELEASE  "     ++++\n"
+    "      ++++                                                     ++++\n"
     "      ++++                              M.Frank CERN/LHCb      ++++\n"
     "      +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\n  ";
      doc = docH.create("materials", comment);