diff --git a/dune/fufem/mappedmatrix.hh b/dune/fufem/mappedmatrix.hh
index ec507f908fe62df67d3b0fe0f3df203c3952f721..c89027b8661e5f9662e993a555102cbb5829901a 100644
--- a/dune/fufem/mappedmatrix.hh
+++ b/dune/fufem/mappedmatrix.hh
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ protected:
 
 
 /**
- * \brief A sparse matrix build by entry-wise transformation
+ * \brief A sparse matrix built by entry-wise transformation
  *
  * MappedMatrix represents a sparse matrix that is obtained
  * by transforming each entry of some given matrix. The