diff --git a/dumux/flux/shallowwaterflux.hh b/dumux/flux/shallowwaterflux.hh
index af23f08c553cdaf8497656e6a7faa86e774e13f6..671d5e575b47c6be74ec5df7786e01a10340d764 100644
--- a/dumux/flux/shallowwaterflux.hh
+++ b/dumux/flux/shallowwaterflux.hh
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ public:
      *
      *        The computed water flux of the Riemann solver is given
      *        in m^2/s, the momentum fluxes are given in m^3/s^2. The
-     *        Riemann flux is mltiplied by scv.area() to get the flux
-     *        over the face.
+     *        Riemann flux is multiplied by scvf.area() to get the
+     *        flux over the face.
      *
      * \todo The choice of the Riemann solver should be more flexible
      */