diff --git a/BaseLib/StringTools.h b/BaseLib/StringTools.h
index c8ff50b63f9e3921f6ee302b8e46ad28bc357368..7286e9fcd2d82c40d87df5e2e9ab4dc706b2f7ce 100644
--- a/BaseLib/StringTools.h
+++ b/BaseLib/StringTools.h
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace BaseLib {
-
 /**
- *  Splits a string into a vector of strings. This method only works for string seperation
- *  recognised by the std::stringstream iterator such as ' ' or '\t'.
+ *  Splits a string into a vector of strings. This method only works for string
+ *  separation recognised by the std::stringstream iterator such as ' ' or
+ * '\\t'.
  *  \param str String to be splitted
  *  \return Vector of strings
  */