diff --git a/dumux/boxmodels/common/pdelabboxassembler.hh b/dumux/boxmodels/common/pdelabboxassembler.hh
index 5eae23fde0e8881e2d6685a163e2eb1ede255e8f..4a96ff7103275585cb9dfb895b0f90582470449e 100644
--- a/dumux/boxmodels/common/pdelabboxassembler.hh
+++ b/dumux/boxmodels/common/pdelabboxassembler.hh
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ public:
     /*!
      * \brief Returns the Jacobian reassemble color of an element
      *
-     * \param globalVertIdx The global index of the vertex.
+     * \param globalElementIdx The global index of the element.
      */
     int elementColor(int globalElementIdx) const
     {