diff --git a/test/porousmediumflow/3pwateroil/implicit/test_box3pwateroil.cc b/test/porousmediumflow/3pwateroil/implicit/test_box3pwateroil.cc
index fd42d373843a2e199a2c14f7c31e80d8f462b238..bbf72d26335a1ffa26e950b4122b69ca3bbd6e13 100644
--- a/test/porousmediumflow/3pwateroil/implicit/test_box3pwateroil.cc
+++ b/test/porousmediumflow/3pwateroil/implicit/test_box3pwateroil.cc
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) try
         // report statistics of this time step
         timeLoop->reportTimeStep();
 
-        // set new dt as suggested by newton controller
+        // set new dt as suggested by the newton solver
         timeLoop->setTimeStepSize(nonLinearSolver.suggestTimeStepSize(timeLoop->timeStepSize()));
 
         // write vtk output