diff --git a/dumux/common/timemanager.hh b/dumux/common/timemanager.hh
index c83c9636edd732ca373ac8e24c58d6af2d4fa91b..2e5c567a7cf7fb480db4b83c19fbebd178eef03f 100644
--- a/dumux/common/timemanager.hh
+++ b/dumux/common/timemanager.hh
@@ -150,7 +150,9 @@ public:
     { time_ = t; timeStepIdx_ = stepIdx; }
 
     /*!
-     * \brief Return the current simulated time \f$\mathrm{[s]}\f$.
+     * \brief Return the time \f$\mathrm{[s]}\f$ before the time integration.
+     * To get the time after the time integration you have to add timeStepSize() to
+     * time().
      */
     Scalar time() const
     { return time_; }