diff --git a/dune/gfe/rotation.hh b/dune/gfe/rotation.hh
index 58f745448bb1c7bd736a11d5d24c779b8295e5cb..02aa4641f581abc56a59e6dc32d16d3ff15d8353 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/rotation.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/rotation.hh
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ public:
         return *this;
     }
 
-    /** \brief Compute an orthonormal basis of the tangent space of S^n.
+    /** \brief Compute an orthonormal basis of the tangent space of SO(3).
 
     This basis is of course not globally continuous.
     */