diff --git a/dumux/common/geometry/geometryintersection.hh b/dumux/common/geometry/geometryintersection.hh
index ac7b2156722fdf3c65370e694662a6bfb812c561..7a41e28b2b5cb471862b75568af0f91c9c011b4d 100644
--- a/dumux/common/geometry/geometryintersection.hh
+++ b/dumux/common/geometry/geometryintersection.hh
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ public:
      * \brief Colliding two segments
      * \param geo1/geo2 The geometries to intersect
      * \param intersection Container to store corners of intersection segment
-     * \note this overload is used when segment-like intersections are seeked
+     * \note this overload is used when point-like intersections are seeked
      * \todo implement this query
      */
     template<class P = Policy, std::enable_if_t<P::dimIntersection == 0, int> = 0>