diff --git a/src/db/db/gsiDeclDbEdge.cc b/src/db/db/gsiDeclDbEdge.cc
index 8d1f0d94ba..52ff1cdf5b 100644
--- a/src/db/db/gsiDeclDbEdge.cc
+++ b/src/db/db/gsiDeclDbEdge.cc
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ struct edge_defs
       "This method has been introduced in version 0.26.2.\n"
     ) +
     method ("distance", &C::distance, gsi::arg ("p"),
-      "@brief Distance between the edge and a point.\n"
+      "@brief Gets the distance of the point from the line through the edge.\n"
       "\n"
       "Returns the distance between the edge and the point. The \n"
       "distance is signed which is negative if the point is to the\n"
@@ -564,6 +564,11 @@ struct edge_defs
       "line through the edge. If the edge is degenerated, the distance\n"
       "is not defined.\n"
       "\n"
+      "This method considers the edge to define an infinite line running through it.\n"
+      "the distance is the minimum distance of the point to any of the points on this\n"
+      "infinite line. A similar method is \\euclidian_distance, but the latter regards\n"
+      "the edge as a finite set of points between the endpoints.\n"
+      "\n"
       "@param p The point to test.\n"
       "\n"
       "@return The distance\n"
@@ -578,6 +583,19 @@ struct edge_defs
       "\n"
       "@return The side value\n"
     ) +
+    method ("euclidian_distance", &C::euclidian_distance, gsi::arg ("p"),
+      "@brief Gets the distance of the point from the the edge.\n"
+      "\n"
+      "Returns the minimum distance of the point to any point on the edge.\n"
+      "Unlike \\distance, the edge is considered a finite set of points between\n"
+      "the endpoints. The result is also not signed like it is the case for \\distance.\n"
+      "\n"
+      "This method has been introduced in version 0.28.14.\n"
+      "\n"
+      "@param p The point to test.\n"
+      "\n"
+      "@return The distance\n"
+    ) +
     method ("distance_abs", &C::distance_abs, gsi::arg ("p"),
       "@brief Absolute distance between the edge and a point.\n"
       "\n"
diff --git a/testdata/ruby/dbEdgeTest.rb b/testdata/ruby/dbEdgeTest.rb
index c6edc7fe83..ee0c81a5e7 100644
--- a/testdata/ruby/dbEdgeTest.rb
+++ b/testdata/ruby/dbEdgeTest.rb
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ def test_1_DEdge
     assert_equal( a.intersect?( RBA::DEdge::new( -1, 11, 1, 15 ) ), false )
     assert_equal( a.distance( RBA::DPoint::new( 3, 3 ) ), 1.0 )
     assert_equal( a.distance( RBA::DPoint::new( 3, 1 ) ), -1.0 )
+    assert_equal( a.euclidian_distance( RBA::DPoint::new( 3, 3 ) ), 1.0 )
+    assert_equal( a.euclidian_distance( RBA::DPoint::new( 3, 1 ) ), 1.0 )
+    assert_equal( a.euclidian_distance( RBA::DPoint::new( -3, 2 ) ), 1.0 )
     assert_equal( a.distance_abs( RBA::DPoint::new( 3, 3 ) ), 1.0 )
     assert_equal( a.distance_abs( RBA::DPoint::new( 3, 1 ) ), 1.0 )
     assert_equal( a.side_of( RBA::DPoint::new( 3, 3 ) ), 1 )
@@ -224,10 +227,13 @@ def test_1_Edge
     assert_equal( a.intersection_point( RBA::Edge::new( RBA::Point::new( -1, -1 ), RBA::Point::new( 1, 5 ) ) ).to_s, "0,2" )
     assert_equal( a.intersection_point( RBA::Edge::new( RBA::Point::new( -1, 3 ), RBA::Point::new( 1, 5 ) ) ) == nil, true )
     assert_equal( a.intersect?( RBA::Edge::new( RBA::Point::new( -1, 11 ), RBA::Point::new( 1, 15 ) ) ), false )
-    assert_equal( a.distance( RBA::Point::new( 3, 3 ) ), 1.0 )
-    assert_equal( a.distance( RBA::Point::new( 3, 1 ) ), -1.0 )
-    assert_equal( a.distance_abs( RBA::Point::new( 3, 3 ) ), 1.0 )
-    assert_equal( a.distance_abs( RBA::Point::new( 3, 1 ) ), 1.0 )
+    assert_equal( a.distance( RBA::Point::new( 3, 3 ) ), 1 )
+    assert_equal( a.distance( RBA::Point::new( 3, 1 ) ), -1 )
+    assert_equal( a.euclidian_distance( RBA::Point::new( 3, 4 ) ), 2 )
+    assert_equal( a.euclidian_distance( RBA::Point::new( 3, 0 ) ), 2 )
+    assert_equal( a.euclidian_distance( RBA::Point::new( -4, 2 ) ), 2 )
+    assert_equal( a.distance_abs( RBA::Point::new( 3, 3 ) ), 1 )
+    assert_equal( a.distance_abs( RBA::Point::new( 3, 1 ) ), 1 )
     assert_equal( a.side_of( RBA::Point::new( 3, 3 ) ), 1 )
     assert_equal( a.side_of( RBA::Point::new( 3, 1 ) ), -1 )