diff --git a/MaterialLib/MPL/VariableType.h b/MaterialLib/MPL/VariableType.h
index 9f05a1a00244e54c2b8f46ab373219fa3aaade76..109668f57938a4261d4971528a84d18e7f83cc27 100644
--- a/MaterialLib/MPL/VariableType.h
+++ b/MaterialLib/MPL/VariableType.h
@@ -206,6 +206,6 @@ private:
 static const VariableArray EmptyVariableArray{};
 
 /// This function converts a string (e.g. a string from the configuration-tree)
-/// into one of the entries of the VariableType enumerator.
+/// into one of the entries of the Variable enumerator.
 Variable convertStringToVariable(std::string const& string);
 }  // namespace MaterialPropertyLib