  This study introduces common parameterizations of the quasi-elastic peak in
the electron scattering spectrum off deuterium and provides the comparison of
the parameterized cross sections with published experimental data. The
comparison is performed in the wide $Q^{2}$ range from $\sim$0.3 GeV$^{2}$ to
$\sim$4 GeV$^{2}$. In this way the performance of the parameterizations and
their ability to describe experimental measurements are impartially tested and
the conclusion on the description reliability is made.
