diff --git a/doc/doxygen/modules.txt b/doc/doxygen/modules.txt
index 8b1afb8a7832b7a1d62582f42aed33fe8775b3ae..b0c15db748d059fc72c9e1d9f0774bf323c8ba4f 100644
--- a/doc/doxygen/modules.txt
+++ b/doc/doxygen/modules.txt
@@ -452,6 +452,11 @@
      * \defgroup StaggeredDiscretization Staggered FV scheme
      * \brief A staggered finite volume scheme with degrees of freedom at cell-centers and facets.
      */
+    /*!
+     * \ingroup Discretization
+     * \defgroup FEMDiscretization Finite element method
+     * \brief The finite element method
+     */
 /* ***************** Flux ******************/
 /*!
  * \defgroup Flux Flux
diff --git a/dumux/discretization/method.hh b/dumux/discretization/method.hh
index cc89b9ced71991590a4d9e201cf1fe49958b00f1..15478a56bde96645c08d30feb144654b30f30cdd 100644
--- a/dumux/discretization/method.hh
+++ b/dumux/discretization/method.hh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace Dumux {
      */
     enum class DiscretizationMethod
     {
-        none, box, cctpfa, ccmpfa, staggered
+        none, box, cctpfa, ccmpfa, staggered, fem
     };
 
 } // end namespace Dumux