diff --git a/dumux/geometry/intersectspointsimplex.hh b/dumux/geometry/intersectspointsimplex.hh
index 4f62a05419a3c2d31713496b79c7fc15cdcc2105..ac758e8b43cf967efb530599e17196f26e4690e7 100644
--- a/dumux/geometry/intersectspointsimplex.hh
+++ b/dumux/geometry/intersectspointsimplex.hh
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ bool intersectsPointSimplex(const Dune::FieldVector<ctype, dimworld>& point,
 
 /*!
  * \ingroup Geometry
- * \brief Find out whether a point is inside a interval (p0, p1, p2, p3) (dimworld is 3)
+ * \brief Find out whether a point is inside a interval (p0, p1) (dimworld is 2 or 3)
  * \note We assume the given interval has non-zero length and use it to scale the epsilon
  */
 template<class ctype, int dimworld, typename std::enable_if_t<(dimworld == 3 || dimworld == 2), int> = 0>
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ bool intersectsPointSimplex(const Dune::FieldVector<ctype, dimworld>& point,
 
 /*!
  * \ingroup Geometry
- * \brief Find out whether a point is inside a interval (p0, p1, p2, p3) (dimworld is 1)
+ * \brief Find out whether a point is inside a interval (p0, p1) (dimworld is 1)
  */
 template<class ctype, int dimworld, typename std::enable_if_t<(dimworld == 1), int> = 0>
 bool intersectsPointSimplex(const Dune::FieldVector<ctype, dimworld>& point,
diff --git a/test/geometry/test_0d1d_intersection.cc b/test/geometry/test_0d1d_intersection.cc
index 68286011de8e303e9f9171d311c3389a9355a15b..964ab83319d86da19102e7bd4587478cbd5dae6e 100644
--- a/test/geometry/test_0d1d_intersection.cc
+++ b/test/geometry/test_0d1d_intersection.cc
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ void testIntersections(std::vector<bool>& returns)
         returns.push_back(testIntersection(a, b, p8));
         returns.push_back(testIntersection(a, b, p9, true));
         returns.push_back(testIntersection(a, b, p10, true));
+
+        // test segment that is not axis-parallel
+        const GlobalPosition a2(scaling);
+        const GlobalPosition b2(scaling*2.0);
+
+        GlobalPosition p11 = a2;
+        p11[dimWorld-1] += (b2-a2).two_norm()*1.5e-7;
+        returns.push_back(testIntersection(a2, b2, p11));
     }
 }