diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index e6c37b911a..0abb174fa0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ Interface changes
 Fixed bugs
 ----------
 
+Miscellaneous
+-------------
+
+- updated description of paramater misc/usesymmetry
+
 @section RN921 SCIP 9.2.1
 *************************
 
diff --git a/src/scip/set.c b/src/scip/set.c
index 9d1ab83971..f41b657e14 100644
--- a/src/scip/set.c
+++ b/src/scip/set.c
@@ -306,10 +306,10 @@
 #define SCIP_DEFAULT_MISC_ALLOWSTRONGDUALREDS TRUE /**< should strong dual reductions be allowed in propagation and presolving? */
 #define SCIP_DEFAULT_MISC_ALLOWWEAKDUALREDS   TRUE /**< should weak dual reductions be allowed in propagation and presolving? */
 #define SCIP_DEFAULT_MISC_REFERENCEVALUE   1e99 /**< objective value for reference purposes */
-#define SCIP_DEFAULT_MISC_USESYMMETRY         7 /**< bitset describing used symmetry handling technique (0: off; 1: polyhedral (orbitopes and/or symresacks)
-                                                 *   2: orbital fixing; 3: orbitopes and orbital fixing; 4: Schreier Sims cuts; 5: Schreier Sims cuts and
-                                                 *   orbitopes); 6: Schreier Sims cuts and orbital fixing; 7: Schreier Sims cuts, orbitopes, and orbital
-                                                 *   fixing, see type_symmetry.h */
+#define SCIP_DEFAULT_MISC_USESYMMETRY         7 /**< bitset describing used symmetry handling technique (0: off; 1: polyhedral (orbitopes and symresacks, lexicographic and orbitopal reduction if dynamic)
+                                                 *   2: orbital reduction; 3: polyhedral methods and orbital reduction; 4: Schreier Sims cuts; 5: Schreier Sims cuts and polyhedral
+                                                 *   methods); 6: Schreier Sims cuts and orbital reduction; 7: Schreier Sims cuts, polyhedral methods, and orbital
+                                                 *   reduction, see type_symmetry.h */
 #define SCIP_DEFAULT_MISC_SCALEOBJ         TRUE /**< should the objective function be scaled? */
 #define SCIP_DEFAULT_MISC_SHOWDIVINGSTATS FALSE /**< should detailed statistics for diving heuristics be shown? */
 
@@ -2064,13 +2064,13 @@ SCIP_RETCODE SCIPsetCreate(
          "misc/usesymmetry",
          "bitset describing used symmetry handling technique: " \
          "(0: off; " \
-         "1: constraint-based (orbitopes and/or symresacks); " \
-         "2: orbital fixing; " \
-         "3: orbitopes and orbital fixing; " \
+         "1: constraint-based (orbitopes, symresacks); lexicographic and orbitopal reduction) if dynamic; " \
+         "2: orbital reduction; " \
+         "3: orbitopes and symresacks, and lexicographic/orbital reduction; " \
          "4: Schreier Sims cuts; " \
-         "5: Schreier Sims cuts and orbitopes; " \
-         "6: Schreier Sims cuts and orbital fixing; " \
-         "7: Schreier Sims cuts, orbitopes, and orbital fixing) " \
+         "5: Schreier Sims cuts, orbitopes, symresacks, and/or lexicographic reduction; " \
+         "6: Schreier Sims cuts, orbital reduction; " \
+         "7: Schreier Sims cuts, orbitopes, symresacks, and/or lexicographic/orbital reduction;) " \
          "See type_symmetry.h.",
          &(*set)->misc_usesymmetry, FALSE, SCIP_DEFAULT_MISC_USESYMMETRY, 0, 7,
          paramChgdUsesymmetry, NULL) );
diff --git a/src/symmetry/type_symmetry.h b/src/symmetry/type_symmetry.h
index 50de94f4a8..c8efaf053b 100644
--- a/src/symmetry/type_symmetry.h
+++ b/src/symmetry/type_symmetry.h
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ typedef enum SYM_Consoptype SYM_CONSOPTYPE;
 
 /* type of symmetry handling codes */
 #define SYM_HANDLETYPE_NONE             UINT32_C(0x00000000)  /**< no symmetry handling */
-#define SYM_HANDLETYPE_SYMBREAK         UINT32_C(0x00000001)  /**< symmetry breaking inequalities */
+#define SYM_HANDLETYPE_SYMBREAK         UINT32_C(0x00000001)  /**< symmetry breaking inequalities (orbitopes/
+                                                               *   orbisacks/symresacks) and lexicographic reduction */
 #define SYM_HANDLETYPE_ORBITALREDUCTION UINT32_C(0x00000002)  /**< orbital reduction */
 #define SYM_HANDLETYPE_SST              UINT32_C(0x00000004)  /**< Schreier Sims cuts */
 #define SYM_HANDLETYPE_SYMCONS (SYM_HANDLETYPE_SYMBREAK | SYM_HANDLETYPE_SST)