diff --git a/dumux/boxmodels/1p2c/1p2cpropertydefaults.hh b/dumux/boxmodels/1p2c/1p2cpropertydefaults.hh
index 94c7a67903b44f94bf906b7432e13d9138c18030..393bf0dce423af0d5d697e1e822bd3ab167c16e2 100644
--- a/dumux/boxmodels/1p2c/1p2cpropertydefaults.hh
+++ b/dumux/boxmodels/1p2c/1p2cpropertydefaults.hh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  * \file
  *
  * \brief Defines some default values for the properties of the the
- *        single-phase, two-compenent BOX model.
+ *        single-phase, two-component BOX model.
  */
 
 #ifndef DUMUX_1P2C_PROPERTY_DEFAULTS_HH