Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, Vol. 2003(2003), No. 11, pp. 1-8. Title: On the result of He concerning the smoothness of solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations Author: Milan Pokorny (Math. Institute of Charles Univ., Czech Republic) Abstract: We improve the regularity criterion for the Navier-Stokes equations proved by He [4]. We show that for the Cauchy problem the Leray-Hopf weak solution is smooth provided $\nabla u_3 \in L^t(0,T;L^s)$, $\frac 2t + \frac 3s \leq \frac 32$. Submitted November 6, 2002. Published February 6, 2003. Math Subject Classifications: 35Q35, 76D05. Key Words: Navier-Stokes equations; regularity of systems of PDE's; anisotropic regularity criteria.