diff --git a/base_classes/NXdata.nxdl.xml b/base_classes/NXdata.nxdl.xml
index b219ac260e..a9157ce5c2 100644
--- a/base_classes/NXdata.nxdl.xml
+++ b/base_classes/NXdata.nxdl.xml
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@
 		   Note that each signal value ``data1[i,j,k]`` has axis coordinates ``[x[i,j], y[i,j], z[k]]``.
 		   The same goes for the auxiliary signals ``data2`` and ``data3``.
 
-		 5. An example without :ref:`AXISNAME_indices </NXdata@AXISNAME_indices-attribute>` attributes::
+		 5. An example without :ref:`AXISNAME_indices </NXdata@AXISNAME_indices-attribute>` attributes
+		    and a data dimension without axis coordinates::
 		
 			data:NXdata
 			    @signal = "data1"