diff --git a/doc/tutorials/imgproc/imgtrans/hough_circle/hough_circle.rst b/doc/tutorials/imgproc/imgtrans/hough_circle/hough_circle.rst
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--- a/doc/tutorials/imgproc/imgtrans/hough_circle/hough_circle.rst
+++ b/doc/tutorials/imgproc/imgtrans/hough_circle/hough_circle.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,29 @@ Goal
 =====
 In this tutorial you will learn how to:
 
-* Use the OpenCV functions :hough_circles:`HoughCircles <>` to detect circles in an image.
+* Use the OpenCV function :hough_circles:`HoughCircles <>` to detect circles in an image.
+
+Theory
+=======
+
+Hough Circle Transform
+------------------------
+
+* The Hough Circle Transform works in a *roughly* analogous way to the Hough Line Transform explained in the previous tutorial.
+* In the line detection case, a line was defined by two parameters :math:`(r, \theta)`. In the circle case, we need three parameters to define a circle:
+ 
+  .. math::
+     
+     C : ( x_{center}, y_{center}, r ) 
+
+  where :math:`(x_{center}, y_{center})` define the center position (gree point) and :math:`r` is the radius, which allows us to completely define a circle, as it can be seen below:
+
+  .. image:: images/Hough_Circle_Tutorial_Theory_0.jpg
+          :alt: Result of detecting circles with Hough Transform
+          :height: 200pt
+          :align: center 
+
+* For sake of efficiency, OpenCV implements a detection method slightly trickier than the standard Hough Transform: *The Hough gradient method*. For more details, please check the book *Learning OpenCV* or your favorite Computer Vision bibliography
 
 Code
 ======
@@ -70,9 +92,87 @@ Code
      return 0;
    }
 
+
+Explanation
+============
+
+
+#. Load an image
+
+   .. code-block:: cpp
+
+     src = imread( argv[1], 1 );
+
+     if( !src.data )
+       { return -1; }
+
+#. Convert it to grayscale:
+
+   .. code-block:: cpp
+
+      cvtColor( src, src_gray, CV_BGR2GRAY );
+
+#. Apply a Gaussian blur to reduce noise and avoid false circle detection:
+    
+   .. code-block::  cpp
+
+      GaussianBlur( src_gray, src_gray, Size(9, 9), 2, 2 );
+
+#. Proceed to apply Hough Circle Transform:
+
+   .. code-block:: cpp
+
+      vector<Vec3f> circles;
+
+      HoughCircles( src_gray, circles, CV_HOUGH_GRADIENT, 1, src_gray.rows/8, 200, 100, 0, 0 );
+
+   with the arguments:
+
+   * *src_gray*: Input image (grayscale)
+   * *circles*: A vector that stores sets of 3 values: :math:`x_{c}, y_{c}, r` for each detected circle.
+   * *CV_HOUGH_GRADIENT*: Define the detection method. Currently this is the only one available in OpenCV
+   * *dp = 1*: The inverse ratio of resolution
+   * *min_dist = src_gray.rows/8*: Minimum distance between detected centers
+   * *param_1 = 200*: Upper threshold for the internal Canny edge detector
+   * *param_2* = 100*: Threshold for center detection. 
+   * *min_radius = 0*: Minimum radio to be detected. If unknown, put zero as default. 
+   * *max_radius = 0*: Maximum radius to be detected. If unknown, put zero as default
+   
+#. Draw the detected circles:
+
+   .. code-block:: cpp
+
+      for( size_t i = 0; i < circles.size(); i++ )
+      {
+         Point center(cvRound(circles[i][0]), cvRound(circles[i][1]));
+         int radius = cvRound(circles[i][2]);
+         // circle center
+         circle( src, center, 3, Scalar(0,255,0), -1, 8, 0 );
+         // circle outline
+         circle( src, center, radius, Scalar(0,0,255), 3, 8, 0 );
+       }	
+
+   You can see that we will draw the circle(s) on red and the center(s) with a small green dot
+
+#. Display the detected circle(s):
+
+   .. code-block:: cpp
+   
+      namedWindow( "Hough Circle Transform Demo", CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE );
+      imshow( "Hough Circle Transform Demo", src );
+
+#. Wait for the user to exit the program
+
+   .. code-block:: cpp
+
+      waitKey(0);
+
+
 Result
 =======
- 
+
+The result of running the code above with a test image is shown below: 
+
 .. image:: images/Hough_Circle_Tutorial_Result.jpg
    :alt: Result of detecting circles with Hough Transform
    :align: center 
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