diff --git a/dumux/geometry/geometricentityset.hh b/dumux/geometry/geometricentityset.hh
index 5eaea9f762454b12dd5411d79f0dac52561c4454..993c16209dd957a3c3f4ae3b8a91eac199496bf1 100644
--- a/dumux/geometry/geometricentityset.hh
+++ b/dumux/geometry/geometricentityset.hh
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ private:
 /*!
  * \ingroup Geometry
  * \brief An interface for a set of geometric entities
- * \note This can be used e.g. to contruct a bounding box volume hierarchy of a grid
+ * \note This can be used e.g. to construct a bounding box volume hierarchy of a grid
  * It defines the minimum requirement for such a set
  */
 template<class GeoType>