diff --git a/doc/handbook/tutorial-coupled.tex b/doc/handbook/tutorial-coupled.tex
index 81ee926f264e5c5f306437b40879c8df0b6141f4..8d836eb69b7708dc6e236964a0f04d837d4a53a2 100644
--- a/doc/handbook/tutorial-coupled.tex
+++ b/doc/handbook/tutorial-coupled.tex
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ For the visualization of the results using paraview please refer to section \ref
   \texttt{tutorialproblem\_coupled.hh} so that water enters from the
   bottom and oil is extracted from the top boundary. The right and the
   left boundary should be closed for water and oil fluxes. \\
-  Note, that the value has to be positive for inflow and negative for outflow.  
+  Note, that the value has to be positive for outflow and negative for inflow.  
   Compile the main file by typing \texttt{make tutorial\_coupled} and
   run the model as explained above.