diff --git a/dumux/boxmodels/1p/1pvolumevariables.hh b/dumux/boxmodels/1p/1pvolumevariables.hh
index 5e5d4530e13728708063db317f5d90277ae86c8f..eb509aeeb101953e4dee694520641096c1d227fb 100644
--- a/dumux/boxmodels/1p/1pvolumevariables.hh
+++ b/dumux/boxmodels/1p/1pvolumevariables.hh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 /*!
  * \file
  *
- * \brief Quantities required by the single-phase box model defined on a vertex.
+ * \brief Quantities required by the one-phase box model defined on a vertex.
  */
 #ifndef DUMUX_1P_VOLUME_VARIABLES_HH
 #define DUMUX_1P_VOLUME_VARIABLES_HH