diff --git a/dumux/flux/shallowwater/exactriemann.hh b/dumux/flux/shallowwater/exactriemann.hh
index c2c4fd8237953500ec96b85c3a0ebb77a9c0ae1a..e088351d856c1c1f20c985db650760a6e626c65f 100644
--- a/dumux/flux/shallowwater/exactriemann.hh
+++ b/dumux/flux/shallowwater/exactriemann.hh
@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ struct RiemannSolution {
 
 /*!
  * \ingroup ShallowWaterFlux
- * \brief Exact Riemann solver for Shallow water equations.
+ * \brief Exact Riemann solver for the shallow water equations.
+ *
+ * The flux of the 2D shallow water equations must be rotated
+ * to a 1D problem before the Riemann solver can be applied.
+ * The computed water flux is given in m^2/s, the momentum
+ * fluxes are given in m^3/s^2.
  *
  * This Riemann solver is described in the book
  * "Shock-capturing methods for free-surface shallow flows"
diff --git a/dumux/flux/shallowwater/riemannproblem.hh b/dumux/flux/shallowwater/riemannproblem.hh
index 2d7b514ef3d654d7f926a3fecd072dba95e57607..5c3b8391504fc49665f515ebfa3b94c7c18e6c4c 100644
--- a/dumux/flux/shallowwater/riemannproblem.hh
+++ b/dumux/flux/shallowwater/riemannproblem.hh
@@ -34,16 +34,16 @@ namespace ShallowWater {
 
 /*!
  * \ingroup ShallowWaterFlux
- * \brief Construct Riemann Problem and solve it
+ * \brief Construct a Riemann problem and solve it
  *
  *
- * Riemann Problem applies the hydrostatic reconstruction, uses the
+ * Riemann problem applies the hydrostatic reconstruction, uses the
  * Riemann invariants to transform the two-dimensional problem to an
  * one-dimensional problem and solves this new problem, and rotates
  * the problem back. Further it applies an flux limiter for the water
  * flux handle drying of elements.
- * The correction of the bed slope surce terme leads to an
- * non-symetric flux term at the interface for the momentum equations
+ * The correction of the bed slope source term leads to a
+ * non-symmetric flux term at the interface for the momentum equations
  * since DuMuX computes the fluxes twice from each side this does not
  * matter.
  *
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ namespace ShallowWater {
  * after Audusse but further solvers and reconstructions ca be
  * implemented.
  *
+ * The computed water flux (localFlux[0]) is given in m^2/s, the
+ * momentum fluxes (localFlux[1], localFlux[2]) are given in m^3/s^2.
+ * Later this flux will be multiplied by the scvf.area() (given in m
+ * for a 2D problem) to get the flux over a face.
+ *
  * \param waterDepthLeft water depth on the left side
  * \param waterDepthRight water depth on the right side
  * \param velocityXLeft veloctiyX on the left side
diff --git a/dumux/flux/shallowwaterflux.hh b/dumux/flux/shallowwaterflux.hh
index 179b9709aa736b1722ed5cbf2bec43ee0e3ae7d1..e1e89fd968dd7b0db1f53f4abaaef6cc12d7a5c7 100644
--- a/dumux/flux/shallowwaterflux.hh
+++ b/dumux/flux/shallowwaterflux.hh
@@ -44,10 +44,15 @@ public:
 
     /*!
      * \ingroup Flux
-     * \brief Prepares the riemann problem for the advective flux for
-     *        the shallow water model. The actual model uses an exact
-     *        Riemann solver after Torro and the reconstruction after
-     *        Audusse and a flux limiter for small water depths.
+     * \brief Prepares the Riemann problem for the advective flux for
+     *        the 2D shallow water model. The actual model uses an
+     *        exact Riemann solver after Torro and the reconstruction
+     *        after Audusse and a flux limiter for small water depths.
+     *
+     *        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 multiplied by scvf.area() (given in m
+     *        for a 2D domain) to get the flux over the face.
      *
      * \todo The choice of the Riemann solver should be more flexible
      */