diff --git a/src/SMESH/SMESH_Hypothesis.hxx b/src/SMESH/SMESH_Hypothesis.hxx
index 3a8c3d2e6..8ac5f511f 100644
--- a/src/SMESH/SMESH_Hypothesis.hxx
+++ b/src/SMESH/SMESH_Hypothesis.hxx
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ public:
     HYP_NOTCONFORM,   // not conform mesh is produced appling a hypothesis
     HYP_ALREADY_EXIST,// such hypothesis already exist
     HYP_BAD_DIM,      // bad dimension
-    HYP_BAD_SUBSHAPE  // shape is neither the main one, nor its subshape, nor a group
+    HYP_BAD_SUBSHAPE, // shape is neither the main one, nor its subshape, nor a group
+    HYP_BAD_GEOMETRY  // shape geometry mismatches algorithm's expectation
   };
   static bool IsStatusFatal(Hypothesis_Status theStatus)
   { return theStatus >= HYP_UNKNOWN_FATAL; }