diff --git a/manual/tracy.tex b/manual/tracy.tex
index 63141972..fa963f80 100644
--- a/manual/tracy.tex
+++ b/manual/tracy.tex
@@ -993,7 +993,8 @@ The main profiler window is split into three sections, as seen on figure~\ref{ma
 \draw[rounded corners=5pt] (2.8, -0.7) rectangle+(0.4, -0.5) node [midway] {\faCaretRight};
 \draw[rounded corners=5pt] (3.3, -0.7) rectangle+(0.5, -0.5) node [midway] {\faCaretDown};
 \draw[rounded corners=5pt] (3.9, -0.7) rectangle+(0.5, -0.5) node [midway] {\faCrosshairs};
-\draw (4.5, -0.7) node[anchor=north west] {\faEye~52.7 ms \hspace{5pt} \faDatabase~6.06 s};
+\draw (4.5, -0.65) node[anchor=north west] {\faEye~52.7 ms \hspace{5pt} \faDatabase~6.06 s};
+\draw[dashed] (8.2, -0.75) rectangle+(3.2, -0.4) node[midway] {Notification area};
 
 \draw (0.1, -1.3) rectangle+(14.8, -1) node [midway] {Frame time graph};
 \draw (0.1, -2.4) rectangle+(14.8, -3) node [midway] {Timeline view};
@@ -1023,7 +1024,9 @@ The control menu (top row of buttons) provides access to various features of the
 
 The frame information block consists of four elements: the current frame set name along with the number of captured frames, the two navigational buttons \faCaretLeft{} and \faCaretRight{}, which allow you to focus the timeline view on the previous or next frame, and the frame set selection button \faCaretDown{}, which is used to switch to a another frame set\footnote{See section~\ref{framesets} for another way to change the active frame set.}. The \emph{\faCrosshairs{}~Go to frame} button allows zooming the timeline view on the specified frame. For more information about marking frames, see section~\ref{markingframes}.
 
-The last two items show the \faEye{}~view time range and \faDatabase{}~time span of the whole capture.
+The next two items show the \faEye{}~view time range and \faDatabase{}~time span of the whole capture.
+
+The notification area is used to display informational notices, for example how long it took to load a trace from disk. A pulsating dot indicates that some background tasks are being performed, that may need to be completed before full capabilities of the profiler are available.
 
 \subsubsection{Frame time graph}